Sam Bilton

Alexis Soyer is remembered for many things. He was saviour of the Irish famine creating soup kitchens capable of feeding thousands of...

White Bait,—‘This is a fish which belongs especially to London; although it is obtainable in other rivers in Great Britain and the...

Over a period of nine months from August 1850 the residents of Kensington witnessed a colossal glass building being erected in Hyde Park....

Gingerbread is synonymous with Christmas. From houses and lattes to lebkuchen and gingerbread Santas there is likely to be some sort of...

As Stir Up Sunday approaches (this year it falls on 24th November) I thought I would share Great Aunt Eliza’s recipe for plum pudding...

Before the barbecue aficionados come thumping on my door armed with their forks and tongs, I would like to point out that the ‘barbecue’...

It’s a shame that Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen (1899) or its author Janet Ross not more well known. The book’s sub title is ‘Or How to...

Agnes Bertha Marshall is widely recognised as one of the first pioneers of modern ice cream making. This recipe is from her Book of Ices...

Although in French the word ‘maigre’ means thin or skinny in terms of it’s English usage it was used to describe non meat eating days...