Tastes Of HistoryJun 21, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: "Cleopatra's Needle"Take a walk along the Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster, London and near the Golden Jubilee Bridges you will find...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 21, 2020Roman "Burgers"Spotted in the May 2020 edition of BBC History magazine (pg 66) was a recipe for 'Ancient Roman Burgers' which prominently features...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 21, 2020Union Flag or Union Jack?In the April 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine Dominic Sandbrook highlighted a significant historical event that month, namely the...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020A Brief History of Food: Blood SausageIntroduction As the name implies, blood sausages [1] are sausages filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020A Brief History of Food: SpiceThe spice trade has a long and lucrative ancestry.As early as 2,000 BC cinnamon and cassia (or Chinese cinnamon) were being imported into...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020Travels with my Freed Bear: KourionWhen schools in the UK take their half-term break in February, we have been lucky, for the last few years, to visit Cyprus. Although a...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020A Brief History of Food: Chilli PeppersThe chilli pepper (from Nahuatl chīlli/ˈt͡ʃiːli/) is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family,...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: The Earth is FlatOnce again a recently broadcast popular UK television programme promoted yet another 'factoid'. On this occasion a throw away comment, on...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 20, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: Spiral StaircasesIn an effort to continually improve our knowledge we came across 'History…The Interesting Bits!', a blog by Sharon Bennett Connolly. In...