Welcome to Lisa's House, where you'll find the best online resources concerning both recipes and antiques. Occasionally, we'll offer graphic designs of houses, original tidbits from Godley's Lady's Book and Magazine and Early American Life.
Lisa's Choice of Antique Sites for this Month
- French Antique Shop, Inc.
- This site specializes in fine 18th and 19th century French lighting fixtures, furniture, mantels, mirrors, and Oriental porcelains. It's located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a family-owned business.
- Shaker Brook Farm
- This is a really great site...and all for collecting unusual and hard-to-find irons! Bill and Peggy Heyman own and live in a Shaker Barn replica. They love old things and will see you by appointment only. The site contains publications that they have in their library and those for sell. If you are interested in pressing irons, laundry stoves, iron trivets, books, catalogs and literature on antiques, Lisa recommends that you write Bill and Peggy. They certainly know their stuff. A large, informative site with many references on museums and organizations to join.
- The Internet Antique Shop
- No list would be complete without The Internet Antique Shop. Actually there are lots of interesting things to do here, but this link carries you directly to the search engine. They have over fifty categories to choose from in their search engine, our favorites being Glass, New books and collectibles, Toys and Games, Kitchen Items, Primitives.... The list goes on and on, and so will you as you link to more and more sites. Plan to spend a lot of time here if you like antiques.
- The Old Map Gallery
- This shop is located in Denver, Colorado. They list their address, phone number, fax, and all other goodies. Some people have a fascination for old maps. We have always found it fascinating how people have dedicated their lives to drawing imaginary lines across the land, setting up borders, locating rivers and towns. Down through time, maps change according to new information and of course, new borders. If you saw The English Patient, you can understand just how important maps and those imaginary lines are.
TO KEEP RED GOOSEBERRIES
Pick gooseberries when fully ripe, and for each quart
take a quarter of a pound of sugar and a gill of water;
boil together until quite a syrup; then put in the fruit,
and continue to boil gently for fifteen minutes; then
put them into small stone jars; when cold, cover them
close; keep them for making tarts and pies.
from Godley's Lady's Book, Vol. LIII--August, 1856
Lisa's Choice of Recipe and Food Sites for this Month
- Copycat Recipes
- This site is really great! They have actual restaurant recipes...and collect them from all over. If you have ever wondered how something is made, you can ask these people. If they don't know, someone will try and find out. Also they have their own family cookbook and other goodies listed. Very family-orientated and neatly arranged.
- Martha Stewart On The Internet
- Well, what kind of page would this be without the diva of household good things!? This is Martha's place online and it's a grand place to be. Not only good food, but all sorts of other good things. You know Martha! Lisa really likes this one.
- Flavors of the South
- It says, "This homepage was created because of my love of good food and sharing recipes and other interests with my friends...." We couldn't resist this site. The owner is Judy Howie and she lives in Columbus, Mississippi, not far down the road from us. The site includes other goodies like facts on the annual Columbus Pilgrimage. Judy even has a special Christmas Page. Please don't miss this site!
- The Tyson Chicken Kitchen
- Being from the South, we like Tyson Chicken. Actually Tyson has a big site, but this link will take you directly to their recipe page. They even have a week's special recipe. Every way possible to cook chicken. We have this one bookmarked ourselves for frequent use.
TOMATO PRESERVES
Take the round yellow variety as soon as ripe,
scald, and peel; then to seven pounds of tomatoes
add seven pounds of white sugar, and let them stand
over night. Take the tomatoes out of the sugar, and
boil the syrup, removing the scum. Put in the tomatoes,
and boil gently fifteen or twenty minutes; remove the
fruit again and boil until the syrup thickens. On cooling,
put the fruit in the jars and pour the syrup over it, and
you will have something to please the taste of the most
fastidious.
from Godley's Lady's Book, Vol. LIII-- August, 1856