Why Bother with Culinary History?
A friend recently asked me, “Why is culinary history important?” Actually, her words came out of her mouth a little …
Tag Archives: English Cooking
Idylls of Cuisine, #92
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
“Ginger Shall Be Hot i’ the Mouth Too”
Sir Toby Belch: Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Clown: Yes, …
See Jane Cook:* A Word About Sophie Grigson’s Mum
Jane Grigson is the nearest thing that we have on this side of the great green bouillabaisse to M.F.K. Fisher, …
The Eels of Hannah, Or, Hannah Glasse’s Lenten Recipes
Poor Hannah Glasse. Literally. Except for Martha Stewart, she may be the only cookery book writer who did hard time …
Shrovetide Pancakes — A Shrove Tuesday Tradition
Shriven/Shrove: archaic : to confess one’s sins, especially to a priest* When they heard the “pancake bell,” people flocked to …
Wassailing Through
Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a Plum and many a Peare: For more or lesse fruits …
Fruitcake, Fermentation by Another Name
We never eat fruitcake because it has rum, And one little slice puts a man on the bum. Oh, can …
Civil War Christmases
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 100 and 50 guns and plenty …
Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we Should feast and sing, and merry be; Keep open house, let fiddlers play, …
