Effective December 13, 2020 the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery is closed until further notice due to the current public health restrictions in Alberta. Check out our blog for art activities and up to date news.
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Earlier this fall, MAG staff members Kim and Joanne battled it out in our Stewart Discovery Studio to put their shortbread cookie recipes to the test. Who's recipe did it better? Try out the recipes yourself to decide...
Making Peanut Butter Slices with Kim, MAG Exhibitions Coordinator You had me at Peanut Butter…. Flipping through the St. Leonard’s cookbook was a treat. When I came across the Peanut Butter Slice recipe...
The second cookbook we are looking at this month as part of our Historic Baking: Holiday Edition series is: Family and Party Fare This little cookbook measures approx 4 x 6.5 inches and appears to be a community cookbook...
MAG staff will be trying out as many baking recipes as we can from the cookbooks in our Library as part of our Historic Baking: Holiday Edition series this December. Check back throughout the month for some new (old) recipes to try! In the...
Making Cinnamon Twists with Kirstin, MAG Marketing Associate Last week my cousin sent me a photo of Sour Cream Twists he made. My immediate response was to exclaim “whoa!” – I had not eaten (or seen) one of these in over...
Making Mint & Chocolate Chip Macaroons, Recipe c.? with Joanne, MAG Art Curator I made a recipe from this tiny cookbook in our museum library called Family and Party Fare from the Gaetz Memorial Evening Group. I can only assume this was a...
Making a Pennywise Cake with Karli, MAG Marketing Associate Spooky cake, perfect for Halloween! For the month of October I decided to set up some personal challenges and goals that were creative. One of those goals was to try cake...
Making Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread, Recipe c.1900-1910 with Karli, MAG Marketing Coordinator click here to jump to recipe There is nothing more comforting to me than freshly baked bread; it’s deeply tied to my memory banks of my...
Tomato Soup Cake: Challenge Accepted! Elizabeth Vasquez click here to jump to recipe As a fan of all activities the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery provides to the public, I found myself into this very pleasant opportunity to make a...
This is Part 1 of a two-part baking series. See how MAG member Elizabeth V.'s Tomato Soup Cake from the Twilight Lodge Cookbook turned out here! We've been loving all the time for baking and trying out some new (or old...
This is Part 2 of a two-part baking series. View Part 1 here! Mmmmmm, cake. My adventure in trying out a Lemon Sponge Cake Recipe as described in Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book, published in 1908. Melanie, our...
This is Part 1 of a two-part baking series. See how Kim's Lemon Sponge Cake from Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book turned out here! More time spent at home means more opportunity to bake! Pictured is a very early...