Much research went into the menu for Madelyn and Michael Bender’s “Dining with Dickens Christmas feast,” which grew in the process from a small dinner party to a buffet for nearly 50. For help with ...

Several Victorian cookbooks offered grilling as a common preparation method for fish. Vinaigrette: ¼ cup lemon juice ¼ teaspoon Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon whole-grain mustard 1 tablespoon minced ...

Recreate Victorian times with our recipes from 100 years ago. Ditch the turkey and go for old-fashioned meats and try dishes inspired by history. Recipes created by food historian Ivan Day. Pot roast ...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the first Christmas card. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable ...

VICTORIAN MANGER HERBS Herbs were an integral part of life during the Victorian era. During the Christmas season, herbs were used in holiday foods and to scent the holiday atmosphere. They were ...

Recipes, cures and handy hints from a Victorian housewife have been given a new lease of life on the internet. Over the years, Sarah Matthews, born in 1893, noted down all her recipes for cakes, cures ...

Video recreations of recipes by a Victorian-era cook have been watched more than 12 million times online. Avis Crocombe cooked at Audley End House in Essex in the 1880s and made dishes including ...

The Guernsey Botanical Trust is looking for local family recipes dating back to the Victorian era. The recipes will appear in the next series of books raising funds for the restoration of the ...

Next week, the University of Chicago Press will publish a facsimile of Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets, first published in 1889. Included among the illustrations of such unnatural ...

The world has drastically changed since the Victorian era, with 20th Century inventions such as the computer, air travel and television reigning supreme. However, cooking practices have also evolved ...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted thousands of times in ...