The Great Plum Pudding ‘Bake’-Off
Four more sleeps till Christmas. The mental background burble of the culinary checklist is getting louder. Make pastry. Bake biscuits for gingerbread house. Make mince… Read More »The Great Plum Pudding ‘Bake’-Off
historical recipes
Shortbread for New Year: the Evolution of a Recipe
This week, Elizabeth writes about New Year’s baking. Tartan tins of shortbread, optionally adorned with romantic depictions of Eilean Donan castle, Scottie dogs, or Bonnie… Read More »Shortbread for New Year: the Evolution of a Recipe
Christmas feasting in St Andrews
With various Christmas dinners looming, I was wondering what students might have been eating for their Christmas dinners in times past, if they were not… Read More »Christmas feasting in St Andrews
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 18: Pancakes Pancakes Pancakes!
This year Shrove Tuesday falls on Tuesday, 4th March. Naturally, there is only one thing I should cover in this week’s blog post…Pancakes, Pancakes, Pancakes!… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 18: Pancakes Pancakes Pancakes!
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 8: The Great Mince Pie Bake Off
When we first started talking about cooking our way through the collections, one of the early ideas was to make mincemeat for Christmas following an… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 8: The Great Mince Pie Bake Off
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 2: Mrs Edwards’s cook book
We bought this recipe book at auction recently, and it arrived with no provenance information. However, from the names and places mentioned, I have worked… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 2: Mrs Edwards’s cook book
Introducing this year’s blog theme: 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s!
Over the past couple of years we’ve had themes for weekly blog posts throughout the year, beginning with the very popular 52 Weeks of Fantastic… Read More »Introducing this year’s blog theme: 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s!