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An Enigmatical Dinner

  • Pepper Theo Cafe at the Refectory 555 West James Street Lancaster, PA 17603 USA (map)

Historic Rock Ford invites you to our new fundraising event: An Enigmatical Dinner featuring a five-course repast with curated wines and stimulating food for thought in the Early American tradition and inspired by the circa 1800 recipe book of Sarah Burd Yeates of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Pepper Theo Cafe in the Refectory at Lancaster Theological Seminary 555 West James Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cocktails at 5:30 PM. Dinner at 6:15 PM .

The Enigmatical Dinner Menu

Judy’s Piscean Pain

A Drinkable Delight Fit for King Louis’s Consort

The Converted Cream of an Infernal Imp with a Spiced Couple

Botticelli’s Conveyance for the First Lady of Love, Poached

A Refreshing Interlude for Henry’s Aragonian Queen

Well Roasted, the Grand Seigneur’s Domain with a Berry of the Bog

and a Snifter’s Golden Nectar Braised

A Dutch Prince’s Jester

Solve the riddles to reveal the menu or come and be surprised!

If you simply must know the answers, please click here!

Proceeds from this event benefit educational programming at Historic Rock Ford.

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RSVP Date: October 30, 2023

ABOUT THE UNIQUE LOCATION OF AN ENIGMATICAL DINNER: Pepper Theo Cafe is housed in the Refectory at the Lancaster Theological Seminary. Built in 1916 in the Tudor Revival Style, with the original dining tables intact, two immense fireplaces with mantels covered in original Mercer tiles from the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, you will be dining in historic bliss!

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