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Hestia's Kitchen

Exploring worlds & history through food & stories

An Ending and a Beginning

So, some big news about changes to the podcast plus a wonderful story: Davey & The King of the Fishes.

You can find out and get updates about my new podcast at my new website: A Question of Death

You can find more about me and Folklore, Food and Fairytales via my ⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠ which will continue as purely as storytelling podcast with a monthly folktale or two featuring food.

You can find the interviews in my newest interview series here: ⁠⁠How Food Frames Stories⁠⁠. You can find my interviews with storytellers here: ⁠⁠Vernacular Voices of the Storyteller ⁠⁠

You can also ⁠⁠subscribe⁠⁠ here (or just read) my free newsletter for further snippets of folklore, history, stories, vintage recipes, herblore & the
occasional cocktail.

You can also find out more at ⁠⁠Hestia's Kitchen⁠⁠ which has all past episodes and the connected recipes on the blog.  

An Ending and a Beginning
An Ending and a Beginning
13 February, 2024
Tales of Frost and Snow
16 December, 2023
The Widow & Her Daughters or the Kale Conspiracy
14 November, 2023
Slightly Scary Story Special
24 October, 2023
An All Hallows Feast – Menus, Symbolism & Folklore
17 October, 2023
The Kitchen Witch Companion: An Interview with Sarah Robinson
10 October, 2023
The Beekeeper and the Hare or The Hot Honey Horror
12 September, 2023
Food, Funerals & Mourning in the American South – An Interview with Ashley-Anne Masters
12 September, 2023
Slavic Kitchen Alchemy – An Interview with Zuza Zak
12 September, 2023
Rebel Folklore – An Interview with Icy Sedgwick
5 September, 2023
The Laird with a Heart of Gold or The Bannock Brouhaha
11 July, 2023
A Cawl Tale or The Cheese Ownership Conundrum
13 June, 2023
Why Cats & Dogs Disagree or the Risotto Resolution
16 May, 2023
An Appalachian Visit
11 April, 2023
The Search for Luck or the Egg Extravaganza
14 March, 2023
Prince Lindorm or The Onion Protocol
14 February, 2023
The Brave Little Shoemaker or The Ricotta Resentment
10 January, 2023
The Christmas Cuckoo or The Barley Bread Allegory
6 December, 2022
The Palace That Stood on Golden Pillars or The Porridge Pomposity
8 November, 2022
Two Ghosts & a Goblin or The Slightly Scary Story Special
28 October, 2022
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Fascinated though sometimes alarmed by vintage cookbooks, enjoys traveling around the world and through time via the medium of food, stories & books. Loves history, stories, cheese, cocktails, photography and cats (not necessarily in that order).

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From Butter to Buns
From Butter to Buns

via New Season Asparagus, Ritual, Good China & a Hungarian Folktale [...]

From Marmalade to Butter'd Bread
From Marmalade to Butter'd Bread

via Joy, Gratitude, Quince, Diagrams, Murder, 007 and Two Famous Bears [...]

From Christmas Biscuits to Fishes in the Wind
From Christmas Biscuits to Fishes in the Wind

via An Abundance of Cinnamon and Knot Charms that Can Heal & Harm [...]

From Typewriters to Soup on a Sofa
From Typewriters to Soup on a Sofa

via muscle memory, bowls of all ages and The Gentle Art of Cookery [...]

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 [...]

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