Historical Cooking, Week 8
This week Sean attempts to make an apple-based dish from our recipe book – the complete manuscript is available for viewing on our Digital Collections Portal As temperatures have taken a tumble over the past couple of…
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Historical Cooking, Week 7: Filled Pears
This week Catherine attempts to make Filled Pears using a recipe from book – the complete manuscript is available for viewing on our Digital Collections Portal After last week’s predominance of mollusc-based protein we…
Historical Cooking, Week 4: Maiden’s Mystery
This week Miriam Buncombe takes on a mysterious recipe from our historical cookbook – the complete manuscript is available for viewing on our Digital Collections Portal Nestled amongst recipes for vinegar-pickled…
Historical Cooking: Introduction
This is the first post in a new miniseries on historical cooking, in which we will be recreating dishes from a 17th century recipe book. Which archive assistant doesn’t enjoy receiving mysterious packages of historical…
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 7: A Complete System of Cookery
When word went around that this year’s Special Collections’ Christmas party (blog forthcoming) was to be hosted by Maia Sheridan, with everyone chipping in by bringing food made to historical recipes, I immediately…