The Old Foodie

Over the years I have posted quite a number of menus for late nineteenth century civic and other official dinners.   I think it is fair to s...

Modern recipe writers generally note how many persons a dish will serve, and they occasionally suggest accompanying dishes or even comple...

An American “Southern Food Expert and Lecturer” by the name of Bessie R. Murphy compiled and edited a wonderful set of books called the Thr...

In 1823 a French liberal economist called Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui visited England and Scotland. The narrative of his travels was later publi...