Soyer’s Symposium of All Nations
Alexis Soyer is remembered for many things. He was saviour of the Irish famine creating soup kitchens capable of feeding thousands of...
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May 16, 20214 min read
‘Whitebait’ Goujons
White Bait,—‘This is a fish which belongs especially to London; although it is obtainable in other rivers in Great Britain and the...
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Apr 30, 20216 min read
The Crystal Palace
Over a period of nine months from August 1850 the residents of Kensington witnessed a colossal glass building being erected in Hyde Park....
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Dec 14, 20204 min read
A Very Gingerbread Christmas
Gingerbread is synonymous with Christmas. From houses and lattes to lebkuchen and gingerbread Santas there is likely to be some sort of...
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Nov 22, 20192 min read
A Proper Plum Pudding
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...
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Oct 24, 20193 min read
Mary Randolph’s ‘Barbecue’ Shote
Before the barbecue aficionados come thumping on my door armed with their forks and tongs, I would like to point out that the ‘barbecue’...
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Dec 7, 20183 min read
Zucche Ripiene (Stuffed Squash)
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...
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sjfbilton
Jul 18, 20183 min read
Mrs Marshall’s Cucumber Ice Cream With Pimm’s Macerated Strawberries & Strawberry Tuile
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...
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Mar 29, 20184 min read
Dr Kitchiner’s ‘Maigre’ Fish Pie
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...
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