Say hi to the grossest historical recipe I've ever made! A little while ago, I was talking to a friend about the "Vegetarian Cookery" section of my c.1938 copy of…
Recently I thought it might be a fun quarantine project to revisit my copy of Mrs Beeton's Household Management, c.1938, and make another historical recipe from the book. I narrowed…
Last year, I found a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Household Management in a secondhand book store, and snapped it up eagerly. It isn't obvious when it was printed. A previous owner…
Since I last cooked from my c.1938 copy of Mrs Beeton's Household Management, I've wanted to try another recipe. I marked out a few contenders that didn't necessitate sourcing a pheasant…
A couple of months ago I stumbled upon my dream book in a secondhand book store. Despite the name, Mrs Beeton's Household Management isn't my dream book because I yearn…
One of the reasons I love reading Victorian/Regency novels is that I get a glimpse of the everyday rituals, strange to us now, that were so important to the people…
But then one day, you know, I suddenly realized with an absolute shock that there never was going to be a convenient time, and that if I didn't make a…
