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Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village Dinner Package at Eagle Tavern

December 5-7, 12-14, 18-23 and 26-27, 2014
Treat your family to a delectable holiday feast.

Holiday Nights Supper with Santa Package

December 5-7, 12-14 and 18-23, 2014
Enjoy a casual buffet-style holiday turkey dinner perfect for kids!
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The Henry Ford has a "tasty" collection of food-related artifacts that let us peer into kitchens from America's past. It is one of the best collections of its kind in the country.

About 1960
Cook’s Apron / Chef’s Hat
2003.97.11
Gift of Robert and Rosemary Brasie
As people moved to the leafy suburbs of prosperous 1950s America, they rediscovered the pleasures of outdoor cooking and eating. In the land of backyard barbecue grills, male cooks reigned. They happily cooked meats like hot dogs, hamburgers and steaks on an outdoor grill for their families, while their wives prepared side dishes like potato salad in the kitchen.

A suburban Detroit man donned this sailboat-themed apron and chef’s hat for backyard barbecues in the early 1960s.