Classes, Curry Stones, Borlaug, War Photos, and Cornish Pasties

Historical Cooking Classes Anne Bramley of Eat Feed is offering historical cooking classes, on line I think. You’ll get not just recipes (duh) but the whole cultural background. A great…

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What’s in a tablespoon?

I’ve been talking with Carolina Capehart of Historic Cookery about the size of a tablespoon of flour in William Kitchiner’s Cook’s Oracle (1831 for 1817). Using six tablespoons of flour…

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English Tea

This post is in honor of the flood of stories about English tea provoked by today’s wedding.  I don’t have anything to say about the latter, since I see the…

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