The Old Foodie

Before quiche and the likes of marbled-mocha-vanilla-strawberry-topped-hazelnut-crusted cheesecake, there was simply cheesecake. Cheesecake...

Today, July 27 th William Eden, a British diplomat in Spain , wrote to his mother on this day in 1788, and mentioned the food: “I m...

Today, May 17th … Jane Austen wrote a letter to her sister Cassandra on this day in 1799, from the town of Devizes in Wiltshire. “Our journe...