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. 29 from 9:30 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 nonmembers. Advance purchase is required. Space is limited. Call 207-882-7169 or buy online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/CAT-KITCHEN2-7798/.

Castle Tucker is one of Maine’s most fascinating landmarks. Step back in time as you walk through a mansion filled with the Tuckers’ original furnishings and decoration. Built in 1807, the house was purchased in 1858 by Captain Richard Tucker Jr., scion of a prominent Wiscasset shipping family as a home for his new and growing family. Richard and Mollie updated and redecorated to reflect the styles of their time. Very little was changed in the house after 1900, including the unique kitchen with four generations of kitchen technology still in place where it was used. It remains one of the most complete and original Victorian homes in the United States. Castle Tucker is open Wednesday – Sunday until Oct. 15, with regular guided tours on the half hour from 11 a.m. to 4 pm.

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