What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?
a 100 year old recipe, the history of birthday cake, and why we put candles on them.
How To Make 17th Century Clotted Cream – A History
Clotted cream served with scones and jam
The Marie Antoinette Diet
Marie Antoinette loved dessert, and even the water she drank was sweetened; she would keep pounded sugar on hand and stir in a few spoonfuls before drinking it. The daughter…
Macaroni & Cheese from 1845
Maccaroni a la Reine (Macaroni and Cheese)
What Grocery Shopping Was Like in the Middle Ages
Medieval Cherry Cheesecake
History’s Worst Copper Merchant
and His 4000 Year Old Cake
Byzantine Honey Fritters
Durum flour fritters tossed with honey and black pepper
A 700-Year-Old Hummus Recipe from Egypt
There are 10 recipes for hummus in the cookbook, all of which are more complicated than most modern hummuses. This one looked the most complex to me with 28 ingredients,…
The History of SPAM
Tasting History
Boston Brown Bread
The Great Molasses Flood