Tastes Of HistorySep 27, 2021Dispelling Some Myths: Chinese IronworkingHosted by the actor Danny Trejo, the US television series 'Man at Arms: Art of War', brought together martial arts experts and master...
Tastes Of HistoryJul 30, 2020The Chinese Xuan Feng or "Whirlwind"Until the advent of gunpowder, the trebuchet (French: trébuchet) was a common powerful siege engine that used a long arm to throw a...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 16, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in China?Every so often, over the last decade at least, our modern-day bards, the media, regurgitate a story about 'European-looking' people in...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 16, 2020A Brief History of Food: More Tea?As costumed re-enactors know only too well there are occasions, especially in the height of yet another glorious British summer, when...