This 1945 penny was in my change from the grocery store in 2010, and it's one of my most prized possessions. I’m not really a monarchist, but I like to imagine the way the world was when this coin was new. In the grander scheme of history, it's very recent,…
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 or a sheep's head, and today's lunch was: Carrot Soup with Rice. Here's the recipe: Ingredients - 2 pints of white…
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 for the upper echelons of hausfrauness or anything. I discovered an older version of the book in 2008, and since…
