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Food History: A Roman soldier’s diet
The diet of a Roman soldier consisted of wheat, rations of smoked bacon or fresh meat (when available, usually pork), vegetables,...
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Tastes Of History
- Nov 3
A Brief History of Food: Chicken à la Marengo
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...
Tastes Of History
- Oct 26
Food History: What did ancient Egyptians eat?
The longevity of ancient Egyptian society, some 3,500 years, was largely because they had the good fortune to live in a sunny land,...
Tastes Of History
- Sep 20
A Brief History of Food: Grog
Grog is a term used for a variety of alcoholic beverages. In naval parlance, the word originally referred to rum diluted with water to...
Tastes Of History
- Aug 4
Sailing the Pirate Round
This year sees Tastes Of History portraying reputable innkeepers 'famed' for our 'good food at most reasonable prices'. Of course, we can...
Tastes Of History
- Jun 14
A Brief History of Food: Peacock
Birds have long been revered, feared and assumed to be capable of predicting weather, marriage partners, disaster and death. In ancient...
Tastes Of History
- Apr 30
Audley End House at War
For the early May bank holiday weekend we jumped back 80 years to wartime Britain where Audley End House once again became a school for...
Tastes Of History
- Apr 12
The Recipes: Ostrich Eggs
At just under 2 kg, a single Ostrich egg weighs about the same as a whole chicken and remarkably is the equivalent of 24 normal-sized...
Tastes Of History
- Feb 10
Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese
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...
Tastes Of History
- Dec 5, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Titanic Cuisine
The RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15th, 1912 after striking an iceberg during...
Tastes Of History
- Dec 2, 2022
Food in the 17th Century
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,...
Tastes Of History
- Nov 30, 2022
Where's all the rum gone?
Over the centuries a seaman's diet, whether they were part of the crews of Sir Francis Drake or Admiral Horatio Nelson, hardly changed....
Tastes Of History
- Nov 25, 2022
The Home Front and Rationing
In the first year of the 20th century Queen Victoria’s 64 year reign came to an end with her death on January 22nd, 1901. She was...
Tastes Of History
- Nov 21, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Victorian Innovation
The Sun never sets When Victoria succeeded to the throne in 1837, Britain was already a global maritime trading power. From the late...
Tastes Of History
- Oct 31, 2022
A Brief History of Food: The Mediæval Kitchen
Possibly the most significant year in English history, 1066, saw the end of Anglo-Saxon England and start of the reigns of first the...
Tastes Of History
- Oct 1, 2022
1940s Weekend at Tanfield Railway
Tanfield Railway near Gateshead (NE16 5ET) is the world's oldest railway still in use. Originally built to transport coal from the local...
Tastes Of History
- Sep 15, 2022
A Brief History of Foods: Sugar
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...
Tastes Of History
- Aug 23, 2022
Bosworth Field: a King's Recipes
This year (2022) Tastes Of History was delighted to return to the Bosworth Medieval Festival at the brilliant Bosworth Battlefield...
Tastes Of History
- Aug 20, 2022
The Forme of Cury
The Forme of Cury (‘The Method of Cooking’ [1]) is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes. Although the...
Tastes Of History
- Aug 15, 2022
Food History: The Inimitable Mrs Beeton
Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson) was born on March 14th, 1836. Better known simply as Mrs Beeton, she was an English journalist, editor...
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