Yet another TV drama refers to Britain's Secret Service, but why?  Britain has not had a "secret service" since the end of the Second World War. Why, then, do journalists, media types, film and TV producers continue to confuse the title with the US agency of the same name?

With 2018 marking the centenary of the end of the Great War, at Waddesdon Manor we recreated a taste of the Home Front in 1918.  Visitors were surprised to discover that many of the things familiarly associated with World War 2 had been instituted just over two decades earlier.

In 1563, Elizabeth I granted Kenilworth Castle to her childhood friend and favourite, Robert Dudley, the soon to be Earl of Leicester.  She visited four times during "progresses" through her realm. For English Heritage we recreated recipes fit for an Elizabethan pageant.

Most people are familiar with the idea of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. In Tudor England, those of means and social status likewise ate three times a day, but this had not always been the case.

The first episode of Britain's Most Historic Towns aired on April 8th, 2018 on Channel 4.  We had the pleasure of working alongside the team from IWC Media to produce the Roman dining experience for host, Prof. Alice Roberts, and West Cheshire Museums curator, Liz Montgomery.

Tastes of History ran a workshop for the volunteers at Plas Mawr, an Elizabethan townhouse in Conwy, North Wales to teach something of food and dining in the Tudor period.  From the questions we fielded, it became evident that a précis of the etiquette expected at a wealthy Tudor table might be of interest.

Connoisseurs of Roman cuisine may be familiar with the recipes of "Apicius".  Indeed, "Apicius" was the inspiration for the Roman recipes in Tastes Of History's recent post "Fast Food or Dinner Party", but just who was he?  Did he really write the first cookbook?  And was he really a skilled Roman cook?

Although World War II began in September 1939, it was not until January 1940 that rationing in Britain began. Cooks had to become increasingly inventive so here are some wartime recipes you might wish to recreate.

For the large majority of people living in the Bronze Age to the middle Iron Age, meals were commonly stews, porridges and soups cooked in open pots, probably accompanied by bread. Here, then, are some recipes fit for communal feasting.

There are many recipes from Georgian Britain that could be adapted to recreate your very own pirate banquet. We have selected just a few to whet your appetite. So, eat up m'hearties and try some Tastes Of History from the Golden Age of Piracy...Yo Ho!

Hosting your own medieval feast may require some effort, but creating the right atmosphere and dressing the table need not be too difficult. Light some candles, let the wine, beer or mead flow freely, add a little background mediaeval music, and enjoy these recipes.

Many of the Roman recipes we have reproduced have been taken from “De re coquinaria” (“On the Subject of Cooking”). This is a collection of menus, dishes and ingredients attributed to a Roman author (or authors) known to us as “Apicius”.

Given their Mediterranean roots, Roman cuisine was influenced by, and in turn influenced, the ancient Greeks.

Mother's Day: Every March there is annual chance to tell your mother how much she means to you (hopefully you don't need just one Sunday per year to do that!). But what is the history behind the commercialism.

In October 2017 and again in February 2018, we stretched our culinary expertise further back in time to the Neolithic period to support English Heritage’s “Feast Exhibition” at Stonehenge. Here are the recipes.

“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be re-organised..." is often attributed to a Roman soldier, but it's a myth. Find out why.

A pre-history of lactose intolerance.

Dispelling some of the popular myths about ancient druids.

The late Clive Hewitt's in-depth article providing general readers, and those wishing to don a more accurate Roman “toga”, all the necessary information on this enigmatic garment.

Sunday July 23rd, 2017 found Tastes Of History at Ford Green Hall in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent recreating dishes from Tudor and early Stuart England.