Once upon a time, a long time ago (so long ago I’m not sure I can remember which one!) I wrote a book that included a reference to a confection called a ‘clear cake’. I’ve had several requests for more details about it, and finally, I have found it!
Continue reading →In my many tumbles down the research rabbit hole, I have ended up in a number of manuscripts published in the 1700s and 1800s with which I have a love-hate relationship. No small part of the hate in that love-hate relationship rests squarely upon the vexing character known as the ‘long s’.
Continue reading →This morning I sat down and wrote out my grocery list, and made a couple of notes of which stores I would need to visit to acquire what the coming week would require. What would that chore have looked like in the Regency Era?
Continue reading →Last week we visted English Chocolate Houses. How about some historical cookies to go with that hot chocolate?
Continue reading →While chocolate seems ubiquitous today, it did not make its official debut in England until the 1650s when it became very popular in the English Royal Court.)
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