Recipes, history and other things
Source: Home Management; A Comprehensive Guide-book to the Management of the Household, containing authorative contributions by Experts, compiled and edited by Margaret Garth and Mrs Stanley Wrench (1938) This post is a mash-up of three of my favourite things, Angela Brazil, Home Management and cake. The cake is fairly self-explanatory and I’ve talked about why... Continue Reading →
Source: Christiana Awdry’s Household Book, edited by Margaret Jensen (1995) Although this little book was published in 1995, it comprises of extracts from a privately-owned household book from the eighteenth century, containing both recipes and various cures for ailments. Interestingly, it is written in four different hands, suggesting it was passed down between family members... Continue Reading →
Cabbages and Kings. And Kate 