Join Wiscasset guide Cathy Messmer for a special talk and tour of Castle Tucker focused on food and cooking. The program takes place on Wednesday, Aug. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. Find out how young wife and mother Mollie Tucker prepared meals in her nineteenth-century kitchen. See the recipes, ingredients and tools she used to feed her family and cook for holidays and special occasions, along with examples of long-forgotten Victorian tableware. Taste a sample of biscuits made from Mollie's recipe.

Admission price includes a full tour of the house after the program. Castle Tucker is located at 2 Lee Street in Wiscasset. Admission is $10 Historic New England members, $15 non-members. Advance purchase is required. Space is limited. Call 207-882-7169 or buy online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/CAT-KITCHEN2-7798/.