Isinglass
Did you know, according to Elizabeth Serrell of Wells in Her Receipts and Remedies, 1747, Islinglass is a form of gelatine, made either from bones or hides – or the air bladders of the sturgeon. I have been so lucky…

Cook: Mayonnaise & Tartare Sauce…”He little knows of England
who only England knows.” Charles Esme Francatelli was an Englishman born and bred, and prided himself on that fact, but he had inherited a gift for cooking from his Italian forebears and also had the advantage of being a pupil…

Travel: London haunts of old and new.
I dream of St John’s Eccles Cakes in Spitalfields and Lily Vanilli’s Sunday treats in a tiny olde courtyard off Columbia Road Flower Market. The florets of housemade salumi from the Bull and Last on Highgate Rd make my daughter…

Travel: Food Alchemy? Inviting you and Florence White to the 21st Century…
Discover food sensations from Ms Florence White’s thus far indomitable collection of GOOD THINGS IN ENGLAND, as I create new, allergy-friendly, preservative-free, 21st Century, positively dishy takes on her fascinating receipts. You’ll have the original recipe including traditional ingredients like…
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