Crafting
TLAS is bringing back the lost arts of fine crafting. From woodworkers, potters, knitters and so much more to new takes on old crafts. The old village blacksmith now forges decorative ironwork. Glass blowers now scale new heights of art. Knitters and weavers transform cottons, wools and more into high fashion and statement art wall hangings. You will be able to download patterns and ideas from the middle 1800’s through 1940. Downloads and patterns are free.
Gardening
Enter a world of 21st century Victory Gardening. During WWI and World War II people across the world helped in the war effort by growing their own food for themselves and their families. By the end of WWII over 40% of America’s fresh fruits and vegetables were grown in the back yards of patriotic citizens. With food insecurity growing in the world due to wars and even pandemics that can interrupt the flow of the food chain, recapturing the lost art of growing our own food has never been more important. Read helpful hints on gardening and blogs by local master gardeners and small farm owners.
Culinary
Join the “Slow Food Movement”. Learn to cook from scratch. Read educational and great how-to columns by some of the regions’ best chefs and caterers. Access tons of vintage recipes so you can cook the food the dishes that your mother and grandmother were know for. Recipes are taken directly from magazines from the mid 1800’s through WWII. All recipes are free to copy or print. You won't just learn recipes, you will learn how to cook with intuitive cooking tips.
The New Victory Garden Campaign
Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany[1] during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort.…
Gardening for the Senses
Master Gardener Ann Bartlett reminds us that our flower gardens can please all the senses. The garden of the imagination is always a visual feast. There are as many visions of this Eden as there are gardeners. Volumes have been written on making the vision a reality. Yet to feel like a paradise, it must appeal…
The Lost Art of Slow Food
Alicia Anderson: Publisher and Editor of The Lost Arts Society Magazine Online In 1986, a group of chefs and local farmers in Bra, Italy became concerned about the loss of the traditional and cultural cooking and the disappearing small farms and the unique biodiversity they provided to communities. An Italian journalist and food activist named…
