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Regency Feasts or Delicious Dining with Georgette Heyer

china cup of tea on white wooden table with pink carnation lying next to it
I love Georgette Heyer, I even love her more than Jane Austen, mostly because her books are one of the places I know I will always find comfort.  No matter how much I admire her, I’ve never yet taken an Austen to bed. 
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  • 9 November, 2018
  • Folklore, History, Literature, Recipes, Tuesday CheeseDay

To all the lentils I have loved before ……

dried blue green lentils in a cast iron pot
As the opening post for a blog, a dish made of lentils makes for a photographic challenge. Not for me the acid bright sharpness of citrus or the mouth- watering pinks of watermelon.  Lentils only look good raw, once cooked to comforting softness they lose any claim to beauty.
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  • 4 November, 2018
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A very dark yet delicious cheeseboard from earlier A very dark yet delicious cheeseboard from earlier tonight. I’m really only posting to remind everyone to enjoy any blackberries they may have in the house as today (just) is now Michaelmas and the Devil is said to do unspeakable things to the ones left on bushes.
When I was still just a baby podcaster I interview When I was still just a baby podcaster I interviewed @sasacharlie about @agothiccookbook when it was still in development. Guess what? This fabulous publication is now out in the world, available now in the US and on 5 October here in the UK. If you’d like to hear all about it, the interview starts at 11 mins 37 - Link in bio I have no commercial interest I just fell in love with the project.
My newest letter is out! From A Banana to Bologna My newest letter is out! From A Banana to Bologna via Presentation, Poor Photography, A Cuddle in a Cup and a Slightly Salty Moral Tale. It has everything! A visit to Italy, princesses, clever queens, fabulous food and a thing or two that I have learned about the true meaning (to me at least) of food presentation. The importance of good seasoning. If none of this convinces you then perhaps you see the following video post or just read the letter solely to find out how to smuggle a princess out of one castle and into another. Link in bio.
My newest letter is out! From A Banana to Bologna My newest letter is out! From A Banana to Bologna via Presentation, Poor Photography, A Cuddle in a Cup and a Slightly Salty Moral Tale. It has everything! A visit to Italy, princesses, clever queens, fabulous food and a thing or two that I have learned about the true meaning (to me at least) of food presentation. The importance of good seasoning. If none of this convinces you then perhaps you see the following video post or just read the letter solely to find out how to smuggle a princess out of one castle and into another. Link in bio.
Calling Witches, Pagans & Folklorists Would you b Calling Witches, Pagans & Folklorists Would you be willing to take part in a conversation for my podcast A Question of Death about Silent Supper rituals and contacting ancestors? Recordings would be via zoom, audio only released and I’d be happy to send a preview plus promote your work via show notes etc. Contact via DM or aquestionofdeath at gmail.com to chat if you think you might find this interesting - no commitment. #witch #witchcraft #paganism #pagan #folklore
My latest letter is out on Lammas Day! Which is co My latest letter is out on Lammas Day! Which is convenient as it contains some wonderful Lammas lore, Lammas breads I have loved and I even tell you a short tale about a harvest and a canny farmer - Link in bio
If you need to hear more about spite eating aspara If you need to hear more about spite eating asparagus or a tale in which an enlightened woman makes her own handsome husband from almond paste and then is forced to rescue him, then you are absolutely in the right place. Link in bio
A cake for the Summer Solstice - a Hummingbird Cak A cake for the Summer Solstice - a Hummingbird Cake, soft crumbed pineapple & banana sponge cake spiced gently with cinnamon & cardamon and finished with honey swirled cream cheese icing and edible flowers. Also some flowers for joy If you want more solstice themed foods then consider round foods in fire colours to represent the sun, potatoes to connect with the earth, cheese & cream for happiness and fertility and plenty of butter to maintain smooth relationships 😋
Asparagus tart - I’m absolutely obsessed as alwa Asparagus tart - I’m absolutely obsessed as always whilst it’s in season. I am absolutely mindful as I taste every bite. Saving the taste for the 11 months of the year when it isn’t available. If you have signed up to receive letters full of my nonsense, I must warn you that I probably can’t resist writing about it.
My most recent letter is frankly very butter centr My most recent letter is frankly very butter centric, I’d go as far as to say the bits that aren’t about butter are minimal but I had a lovely time writing it. I really hope you enjoy reading it: “From Buttercups & Daisies to Anchovies via Butter Tax Buckets, Bog Butter, Elder Trees, Fairies, Toast Recipes & Iocane Powder” link in bio
I have been particularly rubbish at sharing my lat I have been particularly rubbish at sharing my latest letters but I can’t move from the sofa due to a sleeping cat and I’ve finished my book so let’s have at it. My first letter of two is “From Regency Romance & Queens of Crime to Cough Cures Via Reading for Comfort, Problematic Classics, Doctor to the Fair Folk and Healing Wells” There is historic fictional food, classic crime food as well as as a folktale about healing and some alternative historic remedies. Link in bio
The look you get when you explain that Italian cha The look you get when you explain that Italian charcuterie and Saint Agur Crème is not for kittens. Strangely similar to when you have the conversation about the difference between cat biscuits and human biscuits. He gets very odd about food around the Full Moon.
My newest letter is out! From a Lenten Moon to Bad My newest letter is out! From a Lenten Moon to Bad Man’s Bridge via Easter Food Folklore, A Figgy Sunday Recap, Herb Pudding and Sowing & Grafting Full of Easter food folklore, bank holiday weekend food, historic recipes (well one at least) and an excellent Welsh folktale plus some valuable if untested gardening advice. I will also admit that the hot cross bun is there to draw you in and has no real significance. Letter via link in bio.
It’s the Vernal Equinox in the northern hemisphe It’s the Vernal Equinox in the northern hemisphere as well as Nowruz, the Persian New Year and I thought I might share this letter I wrote last year. It’s full of information about the wonderful festival, Spring myths, gorgeous writing about Persian food both instructional & fictional as well as a fabulous trickster folktale. Link in bio. There is also nonsense about flummery which appears in the fourth picture created from a 18th century recipe from that amazing cook, Mrs Elizabeth Raffald by the talented @dr_neil_buttery. You can see his article here: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/womens-history-month-neil-buttery/ or visit his website britishfoodhistory.com
For those of you who have listened to my latest ep For those of you who have listened to my latest episode, the news that FFF will become a purely storytelling podcast & that I am launching a new podcast won’t be a surprise. However if you haven’t, I present A Question of Death: what death can teach us about living. It’s a podcast exploring and improving our relationship with death through respectful enquiry. Here you’ll find conversations with those who work with the dead and grieving as well as those who study death, in addition to episodes examining death through a lens of history & the arts, folklore and food. I’ll take you from ancient funerary rituals to forensic anthropologists via green burials and Persephone’s pomegranates, learning on the way what death can teach us about living. I hope the journey & stories will provide you with some of the knowledge and empathy you need to navigate this vast hidden world as well as shine a light on the kindness and tenderness displayed by those professionals who truly take care of our dead. You may well find me following you shortly from my new account.
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From a Banana to Bologna
From a Banana to Bologna

Via Presentation, Poor Photography, a Cuddle in a Cup and a Slightly Salty Moral Tale [...]

From Lammas to a Wiffle Waffle
From Lammas to a Wiffle Waffle

via Breads, Bannocks, Sheep catching and Rodent Removal Charms [...]

From Asparagus Tarts to Marzipan Husbands
From Asparagus Tarts to Marzipan Husbands

via Poppies, Stroppy Daughters, Dubious Translations and Giambattista Basile [...]

From Buttercups & Daisies to Anchovies
From Buttercups & Daisies to Anchovies

Via Butter Tax Buckets, Bog Butter, Elder Trees, Fairies, Toast Recipes & Iocane Powder [...]

From Regency Romance & Queens of Crime to Cough Cures
From Regency Romance & Queens of Crime to Cough Cures

Via Reading for Comfort, Problematic Classics, Doctor to the Fair Folk and Healing Wells [...]

From a Lenten Moon to Bad Man’s Bridge
From a Lenten Moon to Bad Man’s Bridge

Via Easter Food Folklore, A Figgy Sunday Recap, Herb Pudding and Sowing & Grafting [...]

From Folklore, Food & Fairytales to A Question of Death
From Folklore, Food & Fairytales to A Question of Death

Via Explanations, Promises & A Moral Tale [...]

From Change to Crackernuts
From Change to Crackernuts

Via Cosy Murder Subgenres, Strange Tea Mixtures and Crimes Against Icing [...]

From A Snow Bear to European Christmas Bread
From A Snow Bear to European Christmas Bread

Via Festive Frying, Duvet Cover Wrangling & Horseradish Tears [...]

From The Winter Solstice to Dipping Sauces
From The Winter Solstice to Dipping Sauces

via The Magic of Trees, Dumplings, Lucrezia Borgia's Belly Button, Fertility & Fortune-Telling [...]

From Festive Cookbooks to a Cheese Toastie of Joy & Wonder
From Festive Cookbooks to a Cheese Toastie of Joy & Wonder

Via Food Rituals & Tradition, The Benefits of Change, Festive Food Folklore and Light, Warmth & Feasting in the Dark of The Year [...]

From Festive Folklore to Festive Food Thoughts
From Festive Folklore to Festive Food Thoughts

via the Launch of a New Project, a Little Light in the Darkness & Sharing Joy [...]

From Tinned Sardines to Beer & Apples
From Tinned Sardines to Beer & Apples

Via Mediaeval Cookbooks, Anglo-Saxon Foods, Sicily & a Resourceful Heroine [...]

From Ghosts and Shadows to Winter Appetite
From Ghosts and Shadows to Winter Appetite

Via A Feast for All Hallows & Skulls on the Line [...]

From Equinox Soup to Pats de Putain
From Equinox Soup to Pats de Putain

Via Autumn Foods, Bangles, The Science of Comfort Food, The Perils of Hospitality and the Swoons [...]

From The Beekeeper & The Hare to Slavic Kitchen Alchemy
From The Beekeeper & The Hare to Slavic Kitchen Alchemy

Via Food, Funerals & Mourning in the American South [...]

From Rebel Folklore to a Podcast Birthday
From Rebel Folklore to a Podcast Birthday

Via an Interview with Icy Sedgwick [...]

From Paint Drying to Postatia Cream
From Paint Drying to Postatia Cream

Via Thresholds, The Goddess Cardea, A Maiden Fair and The Fountain Fairy & To Cure A Cough [...]

From an Eighties Cookbook to an As Yet Unnamed Salad
From an Eighties Cookbook to an As Yet Unnamed Salad

via Frugality, Food Waste and Inspiring Food Writers [...]

From Oyster Grottoes to Scorzoneras
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