Saturday, October 24, 2015

An old English (Samhain) Halloween Treat

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Remembrance Cookies, a Samhain cookie recipe. Samhain (pronounced / sah-win/ SOW-in, is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest se...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Two Apple Pie Recipes. One from 1845, and one from 1381

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An Old Apple Pie Recipe from 1845, and one from 1381 English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer (Geoffrey Chaucer was born in...
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Sunday, October 18, 2015

History of Popcorn Balls, Recipes and Memories

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History of Popcorn Balls Popcorn balls (popped kernels stuck together with a sugary "glue") were hugely popular around the turn o...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Ashure (in Turkish: Aşure) or Noah's Pudding

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Noah’s Pudding 15 October is Muharram/Islamic New Year Ashura is a holiday celebrated annually in Turkey. It signifies many events for Mus...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Visit the Irish Halloween past with this recipe for Barmbrack

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Barmbrack Halloween festivities are never complete without some traditional Irish treats to help you celebrate. In the weeks leading up to...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Original and Vintage Pecan Pie Recipes

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Pecan pie is a pie made primarily with corn syrup and pecan nuts. So the question now is...was there a Pecan Pie before corn syrup was inve...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Discover Holland's best kept secrets, Desserts!

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The history of "vlaai", or flat pies. First discovered by the Germanic tribes, the legend goes that they spread out dough on a ho...