The hidden history behind the meanings of food related words, terms and phrases.

What follows was inspired by the video “ Vegetables don’t exist ” on the “Words Unravelled!” YouTube channel hosted by Rob Watts from “...

I wonder how many of us take the humble tin can for granted? Have you ever stopped to think of the origins of this omnipresent object as...

Recently the BBC broadcast an episode of “Rick Stein’s Food Stories” that stated the origin of fish and chips lay with the Portuguese who...

For some time we, at Tastes Of History, believed the hare was a native species in Britain belonging to the genus Lepus [1]. A recent post...

While working in one of our favourite schools, the book “ Roman Adventure ” (pictured right ) was discovered and was instantly...

We will be ‘ Sailing the Pirate Round ’ once again and as before we will be visiting several English Heritage sites across Britain and...

The diet of a Roman soldier consisted of wheat, rations of smoked bacon or fresh meat (when available, usually pork), vegetables,...

Chicken à la Marengo is a French dish, similar to chicken à la Provençale, that consists of a chicken sautéed in oil with garlic and...

The longevity of ancient Egyptian society, some 3,500 years, was largely because they had the good fortune to live in a sunny land,...

Grog is a term used for a variety of alcoholic beverages. In naval parlance, the word originally referred to rum diluted with water to...

Birds have long been revered, feared and assumed to be capable of predicting weather, marriage partners, disaster and death. In ancient...

The BBC’s Bargain Hunt has struck again. On this occasion the claim was made that Cheshire cheese was made by the Romans. That was news...

The RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15th, 1912 after striking an iceberg during...

Grain 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,...

Over the centuries a seaman's diet, whether they were part of the crews of Sir Francis Drake or Admiral Horatio Nelson, hardly changed....

The Sun never sets When Victoria succeeded to the throne in 1837, Britain was already a global maritime trading power. From the late...

Possibly the most significant year in English history, 1066, saw the end of Anglo-Saxon England and start of the reigns of first the...

Sugar is one of the world’s oldest documented commodities, and at one time it was so valuable that people kept it safe under lock and key...

The Forme of Cury (‘The Method of Cooking’ [1]) is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes. Although the...