How-To’s

Historical Cooking, Week 8

1 December 201614 July 2020
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Historical baking

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… Read More »Historical Cooking, Week 8

Historical Cooking, Week 5: Soup

10 November 2016
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17th Century cooking, general information, How-To's, Manuscript Collection

This week we have a guest post from Amanda Zoch in the USA who attempts to make a soup from our recipe book – the… Read More »Historical Cooking, Week 5: Soup

Dish Cake, Blaten Küchlin

27 October 2016
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17th Century cooking, Activities, Manuscript Collection

This week Fiona Menzies has a go at ‘Dish Cake’. Ein guten theil eyer klopft wol in einer blaten, auch milch darunder, mach mit saltz… Read More »Dish Cake, Blaten Küchlin

52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 14: Lighting a Portrait

30 January 2014
How-To's, Photographic Collection, Rare Book Collection

For this week’s Historical How-To post, we’re turning our eyes (and our lens!) to the 20th century for some inspirational portrait photography! We’re going to… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 14: Lighting a Portrait