George Washington’s Mother’s Ginger Cake: Research to Recipes By Maggie Beth McGrotha My lifelong passion for cooking forged with my newfound passion for history in 2016 when I became the venue director of the Tallahassee Garden Club’s historic Rutgers House. My research to determine who occupied the Rutgers House from 1862 until 1893 led me to Charleston and a cookbook, The Carolina Housewife, by Jane Rutgers’ sister’s cousin-in-law, published in 1857. (Yes, we historians em

by Summer Callahan - Council on Culture & Arts https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/things-to-do/2026/05/09/theater-with-a-mission-tackles-floridas-family-feuds/89982459007/ May 9, 2026, 5:04 a.m. ET Is this what we’re fighting for? This May, Theater with a Mission does more than fight at its new festival, “Time Travel into Florida 1776,” being presented May 29- May 31 at Goodwood Museum. COCA sat down with Artistic Director Ben Gunter and Assistant Director and

by Ben Gunter ATTENTION: This year, the United States of America turns 250 years old. Coming this month, you’re invited to celebrate. On May 29-31, in the heart of Historic Tallahassee, at Goodwood Museum & Gardens, you can join Theatre with a Mission for a birthday party that feels 250 years old in reality, if not in family photos, and it’s three days of once-in-a-lifetime fun. Time Travel into Florida 1776 is Theatre with a Mission’s birthday present to America 250, designe