Pie made with hardtack (clack clack) and a potato crust that actually tastes like apple pie

Biscuits topped with salt pork milk gravy

Dense, flavorful, boiled-then-baked bread recreated from the tomb of Ramses III

Surprisingly tasty but simple cornmeal cakes fried in bacon grease

Rich yeasted waffles with lots of nutmeg and a buttery wine sauce. Definitely a dessert and not for breakfast

Delicious buns with caraway and a topping of glaze and crunchy sugar

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding

Ruth Wakefield’s original recipe for chocolate chip cookies made at the Toll House Inn

Ration-friendly chocolate chip cookies that are surprisingly good with a flavor reminiscent of Raisin Bran with chocolate

Delicious sweet bread with a soft, pillowy interior and flavors of orange and a hint of anise

Wafer-like “cookies” that have a lovely blend of spices, but are otherwise a bit like hardtack (clack clack)

Absolutely fantastic, moist, caramelly pineapple upside-down cake

Pizza in the style of a recently uncovered fresco in Pompeii with moretum, a Roman garlic-herb-cheese spread

Recreate a dinner in Alcatraz with this delicious and easy quickie apple pie, stuffed pork chops, cucumber salad, a slice of bread, and coffee

The original PB&J from 1901, and classic square white sandwich bread from 1906.

WWII ration-friendly carrot cake topped with whipped cream

A simple soda bread with a hearty texture, a perfect pairing for good Irish butter

Venison with warm spices in a somewhat utilitarian whole wheat pastry

Cookies reminiscent of fruitcake but with a wonderful chewy cookie texture

This historic recipe is not as light as modern versions, but is still moist and spongy and delicious with flavors of rye and molasses