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Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
Monday, October 16, 2017

Top 5 Dickensian recipes

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History Extra Oxtail stew. (© CICO Books 2017)  The many scenes of eating in the novels of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) are useful in...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Custard tart

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History Extra Custard tarts really are the food of and queens. They were served at Henry IV’s coronation in 1399 and more recently at ...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Easter treats: what are Biddenden cakes?

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History Extra Every Easter Monday, in the village of Biddenden in Kent, a charity doles out tea, cheese and loaves of bread to local pe...
Friday, August 4, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Vanilla ice cream

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History Extra In every issue of BBC History Magazine, picture editor Sam Nott brings you a recipe from the past. In this article, Sam r...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Tiger nut balls

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History Extra In every issue of BBC History Magazine, picture editor Sam Nott brings you a recipe from the past. In this article, Sam r...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate

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History Extra A heated debate in a coffee house on Bride Lane, Fleet Street in London, c1688. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Custard tart

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History Extra Custard tart - a regal dessert fit for any dinner table. (Credit: Sam Nott) In every issue of BBC History Magazine, pic...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

How to make 17th-century chocolate for Valentine's Day

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History Extra To make Chocolate  Take your Choco Nutts and put them over the fire either In earthern pott, or kettle or frying pa...