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ICYMI: the menu for Saturday's #gsVictorianBall. The cooking starts tomorrow! - Fresh baked bread - Assorted Pickles & Olives - Creamed Celery - Minted Pea Pottage - Salmon Croquettes - Roasted Duck with Currant Sauce - Haricot Vert - Potatoes á la Delmonico - Molded Champagne Gelée - Port Poached Figs - Nesselrode Pudding. . . . . #geminiandscorpio #1800s #19thcentury #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianliving #Edwardian #Edwardianera #livinghistory #historicalfood #foodhistory #vintagenyc #vintageparties #foodporn #vintageliving #victorianfood #victorianera #victorianage #costumeevents (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Victorian summertime in full effect #gsvictorianball #geminiandscorpio (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Fancy shoe squad at #geminiandscorpio #gsvictorianball Garden Tea. (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Our epic banquet table from Saturday's #gsVictorianBall. . . . #1800s #19thcentury #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianliving #Edwardian #Edwardianera #livinghistory #historicalfood #foodhistory #vintagenyc #vintageparties #foodporn #vintageliving #victorianfood #victorianera #victorianage #costumeevents (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Tiny snippet of @lacyrosemusic singing for dinner guests at #geminiandscorpio #gsVictorianBall last night. (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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First course (minted pea pottage) is served as chef and food historian @rebeccaleighsil gives insight into the menu. #gsVictorianBall #geminiandscorpio . . . . #1800s #19thcentury #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianliving #Edwardian #Edwardianera #livinghistory #historicalfood #foodhistory #vintagenyc #vintageparties #foodporn #vintageliving #victorianfood #victorianera #victorianage #costumeevents (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Just added! To kick of our Grand Victorian Banquet and Ball next Saturday, we'll have a waltz demo and lesson by John Krieger-Joven and Julia O'Connell. Don't be late and bring those dancing shoes! . . . #geminiandscorpio #gsvictorianball #waltz #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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One of the more fun tasks of prepping for our upcoming 15th Anniversary #gsvictorianball Gilded Age Garden party is designing the featured cocktails to have a nod to turn-of-century flavors while pleasing the modern palate. Here, we're using classic spiced punches as inspiration to combine @boukmanrhum with #allspicedram, #cardamaro, #cardamom #bitters and sweet & sour citrus.

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Just announced for this Sunday's #gsvictorianball Garden Tea party menu: Bakewell tartlets - bite-size frangipani & raspberry jam & flaked almond delights. This is the last Victorian Tea of the year! (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Historical chef @rebeccaleighsil doing all sorts of Victorian cooking homework for G&S 15th Anniversary Gilded Age Garden Party. #gsVictorianBall

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Just imagine a full orchestra playing here, facing out to the terraced garden and pool. A month from now, this is where we'll be celebrating our 15th anniversary. Save-the-date event posted to Facebook; go find it to get ALL the updates. #gsvictorianball

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Just one more pic of the deliciousness by @rebeccaleighsil. Lemon curd tarts with lilac cream & sugared lilacs, and Battenberg cake with marzipan and apricot. #geminiandscorpio #gsvictorianball (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Another snap from yesterday's #gsvictorianball Garden Tea...indoors. @rebeccaleighsil talking about all the delicious (and historically accurate) things before her. . . . .#geminiandscorpio #vintageparties #vintageliving #vintage #Victorianera #Victorianage #lateVictorian #Edwardian #Victorian #Victoriantea #afternoontea #britishtea #hightea #highteaparty #teaparty #creamtea #gardentea #foodporn #19thcentury #historicalfood #historicalcooking #foodhistory #1800s #1900s #Victorianhome #Victorianmansion (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Being forced indoors by the weather is really not so bad... ❤️ this place so much. #geminiandscorpio #gsvictorianball (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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Instead of photos at tomorrow's #gsvictorianball Garden Tea, you can get professional fashion illustrations by Tazo Megaris. (Also: if it rains, the Tea will be indoors at the museum.) . . . #vintagenyc #vintageparties #vintageliving #vintage #Victorianera #Victorianage #lateVictorian #Edwardian #Victorian #Victoriantea #afternoontea #britishtea #hightea #highteaparty #teaparty #creamtea #gardentea #19thcentury #1800s #1900s #fashionillustration #victorianfashion (at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum)

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So when we say that our historical chef @rebeccaleighsil is making "lemon curd & lilac tartlets with sugared lilacs" for Sunday's #gsvictorianball #mothersday Garden Tea, we want you to understand exactly what that means...