Tastes Of HistoryJan 4The Recipes: a Stuart Christmas Mince PieAs the New Year slowly unfolds, we look back to the festive season and the recipe for a mince pie that rather fortuitously was published...
Tastes Of HistoryDec 2, 2022Food in the 17th CenturyGrain and legumes Peas and beans, which made up a very large part of the diet of the Mediæval poor, were still treated as a staple food,...
Tastes Of HistoryDec 31, 2021On This Day: Catherine of Braganza and teaDecember 31st, 1705: Catherine of Braganza, widow of Charles II whom she had married in 1662, died in Lisbon, Portugal. Most notably,...
Tastes Of HistoryDec 27, 2021On This Day: London's coffee houses closedDecember 27th, 1675: A Royal Proclamation orders the closure of all coffee houses in London because they are seen as hotbeds of...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020A Stuart SundaySunday July 23rd, 2017 found Tastes Of History at Ford Green Hall in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent recreating dishes from Tudor and early...
