Ok, this blog is getting all the crafting and food things again. I’m leaving the other site just for the code. Not sure if/when there will be more updates, because…
May Makeathon Day 1
I messed up the instagram link (hopefully it will work next time!) but I’m trying to make a thing every day for the month of May, and I started out…
Puffy Cake?!
Sorry for the lack of updates this week! I’ve been really slammed with work, and next week will probably be crazy too, so I’m going to post a couple un-illustrated…
Wooden Spoon Lucet
(Reposted from my old blog at anachronistscookbook.com. I’m using that one just for recipes now, so the other stuff is headed over here.) A lucet is a small hand tool…
To Stew A Rump Of Beef
This a (rather rushed) attempt at a scaled down version of the following recipe from The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened, a 17th century book of receipts released by…
Tablets. No, not that kind, the kind for weaving…
(Reposted from my old blog at anachronistscookbook.com. I’m using that one just for recipes now, so the other stuff is headed over here.) More tool building. I mean, I guess…
Family Recipe Friday: Bakewell Tart
Ok, so I’m a bit late posting this, I might sneak it in just before midnight… But I’m still on schedule for posting either way. It just wouldn’t have an…
Shrove Tuesday: Elizabethan Pancakes
Alright, let’s do some historical(ish) cooking! Today is Shrove Tuesday, the last day before lent. Pancakes have been a traditional food on this day for quite some time, at least…
I’m back!
And I brought food! Well, ok, I’m working on that part. I’m going to be digitizing and posting a bunch of old family recipes, plus adding some of my own…
Fun With Beeswax
(Reposted from my old blog at anachronistscookbook.com. I’m using that one just for recipes now, so the other stuff is headed over here.) I’ve started assembling something that’s somewhere between…