"Keep it simple: start with an I" The banketletter is one of the few traditional Dutch Christmas bakes, as most…
The Dutch are famous for eating 'Dutch new' or 'matjes' herring, which is essentially still raw. Tourists stare with fascinated…
For Victorian trifle, but also excellent with tea or coffee Mrs Beeton uses two kinds of cookies with almonds in…
With oxtail meat and stock and dried ceps For the family Christmas dinner in 2014 I had prepared an old-fashioned clear…
Rich and sweet Almond paste has been around since medieval times. Hardly anyone makes it at home nowadays. It is…
Although actually it's English! The Dutch consider Bishop wine as a typically Dutch mulled wine for Sint Nicholas Eve. But…
This recipe is not based on a medieval source, there are no separate recipes for medieval stock. Stock was so…
Straight to the recipe The introduction to the recipe is on this page, about Antonin Carême and the history of soufflés,…
Straight to the recipe Pork pies with Stilton cheese Not so many decades ago, English cuisine stood for bland taste:…
Straight to the recipe The recipe for this pie with Brie cheese, pear and egg dates from the middle of…