The Wellcome Collection has digitised thousands of resources related to the medical field, including hundreds of manuscripts, and made them freely available online. Many of these manuscripts also c…

These biscuits are surprising. Surprisingly long-lived, surprisingly few ingredients readily available in your cupboards, and a surprisingly rich and addictive taste and texture. They’ve been…

Wotchers! I love a cooking show (duh!) and I really liked The Taste, with Nigella, Bourdain and  Lefebvre, although it seems the powers that be on both sides of the Atlantic don’t share my en…

Wotchers! As has become a summer tradition here on the blog, I’m all fired up, after our annual holiday in France, for all things Patisserie! And it’s all things buttery today, with ext…

Confession Time: When it comes to recipe history, I’m afraid I’m bit of a “Well, actually…” person. I’ll read some guff online about a recipe ‘backstory&#8…

Another two-for-one recipe for you this week, based on traditional regional recipes: Guildford Manchets and Lardy Buns, both from the county of Surrey. Both of these recipes come from Elizabeth Dav…

It struck me recently that I haven’t posted many pudding recipes of late – and this is a bit of a failing, because who doesn’t enjoy a nice pudding for breakfast at the end of a d…

Wotchers! I’ve loved black dal for decades, ever since I first tasted it in Kuwait in the early 1990s. One year my friend and I threw a party on the top of our accommodation block, erecting a…

Two recipes for you this week, both of which are ancestors of recipes we still use today: a Good Friday Cake, and Easter Cakes. Both recipes come from manuscripts held by the National Library of Sc…

Wotchers! I’ve posted a few Hungarian recipes here, over the years, and this is another great one. It comes from an old recipe book from the 1930s entitled “A MI SÜTEMÉNYES KÖNYVÜNK&#82…

What’s this? Two posts in one week? Yes, I’m spoiling you. But it was something I came across when looking for recipes to celebrate Mothering Sunday, and just couldn’t resist. Apa…

Recently, I was browsing my collection of manuscript recipes, looking for something suitable for the upcoming Mothers Day, also known as Mothering Sunday. I have already posted about the original S…

Wotchers! Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Can’t be helped. But its barrelling down upon us like a heart-shaped juggernaut, and so here we are, casting about for some kind of celebr…

Wotchers! Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Can’t be helped. But its barrelling down upon us like a heart-shaped juggernaut, and so here we are, casting about for some kind of celebr…

Wotchers! January being a bit brisk, weather-wise, I have for you today two warming ragus. Aside from both being delicious (obvs), you can choose when to prepare them based on the time you have ava…

This recipe is adapted from Hannah Glasse’s 1747 recipe for Mince Pies for Lent. Nowadays, we traditionally make mincemeat far in advance of the festive season, so that it can mature in flavo…

A forgotten art in British preserving is home-made candied peel. ‘But I can buy that!’ you shriek. Yes, I know. But if you’ve ever tasted fresh candied peel made with nothing more…

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Wotchers! What a delightful recipe I have for you this week – adapted from Lori Taylor’s recipe for Chocolate Chippers, the last recipe in “Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitche…