The Old Foodie

April 16 The very strict dietary rules decreed for hundreds of years by the Christian Church were a very powerful inspiration for fake foo...

Today, April 6th … Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on this day wherever there is a historically Christian culture. The cross is inten...

Today, December 13th … One of the earliest restaurant reviewers was Lieut.-Col. Newnham-Davis, who ate his way around London at the end of t...

Today, January 27th … This day in 1860 was the birthday of Sir George Sitwell, father of the writers Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell, and a ...