Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020A Pre-History of Lactose IntoleranceIn support of English Heritage’s 'Feast Exhibition' at Stonehenge in 2018/19, Tastes Of History was asked to recreate some of what...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020Why did the chicken cross the Red Sea?The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 16, 2020A Brief History of Food: PheasantsThe common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is native to Asia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. Their original range...
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...