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Coconut Raspberry Slices

Posted: 6 June, 2020 | Category: Modern Recipes

These are the simplest thing ever to make, but trust me, they are so, SO good! Makes 16 Ingredients Base 65g icing sugar 140g plain […]

Cookery For Small Craft

Posted: 26 May, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

By D. Stobart Russell. Published by Black & Son, Ltd., Glasgow in 1946. Ahoy there shipmates! It is a beautiful May day in 1946. We […]

Hello Dolly Cookies

Posted: 17 May, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

With a name like that, why wouldn’t you want to try these? This recipe is based on one found in the publication Fun Cooking With […]

Lettuce, Pea & Mint Soup

Posted: 15 May, 2020 | Category: Modern Recipes

A truly divine chilled soup for a hot summer’s day. Serves 6 Ingredients 1 large onion 1 clove garlic 50g butter 350g potatoes (peeled weight) […]

Fare-Ye-Well with Ladies of the Realm

Posted: 13 April, 2020 | Category: Recipes

Published in 1944 by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. and compiled by Madeleine, Countess of Effingham, Fare-Ye-Well with Ladies of the Realm is a collection of […]

Shetland Scones

Posted: 1 April, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

If you are fond of the taste of caraway and fancy something a little different, then these scones might be just the thing for you. […]

Coconut Pudding

Posted: 23 March, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

This recipe is adapted from Luncheon & Dinner Sweets by C. Herman Senn, published by Ward, Lock & Co. in 1929. It is a great […]

Miss Salad and Her Trousseau

Posted: 8 February, 2020 | Category: Recipes

Today we are looking at this 1925 publication from America, written by Emma Jane Quick and published by W.B. Howell & Co. in Waterloo, Iowa. […]

Pommes de Terre

Posted: 4 February, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

This is a simple but delicious and visually convincing recipe, adapted from one donated by actress Violet Marquesita to Elizabeth Craig’s The Stage Favourites’ Cook […]

Ring-Around-The-Tuna

Posted: 1 February, 2020 | Category: Historical Recipes

This is a recipe from the brilliant Joys of Jell-O cookbook, published in 1960’s America by the General Foods Corporation. Let me just state here […]

A French Shopping List

Posted: 6 January, 2020 | Category: Recipes

This crumpled up, abandoned shopping list was languishing in the bottom of my trolley in Carrefour the other day and for some reason I felt […]

Candy Cane Cupcakes

Posted: 6 December, 2019 | Category: Modern Recipes

Candy canes always look so appealing, but does anyone actually enjoy eating them? Not me, that is, at least, until I tried them in this […]