The Old Foodie

Some historians say that the best time of all – by which I assume they meant the most fun time - to be alive was between the two world wars,...

This is my final post from the beach - normal service will be resumed on Monday when I am back in the city. For today we stay in pudding-lan...

The British public received an offer almost too good to believe in November 1905. The makers of Hennessy’s Brandy offered, via display adver...

Another short and sweet – and musical – post today for you, folks. I hope your holiday season plans are going very smoothly, and your holida...

A few days ago I marveled at the confusion created by the use of different words (shrimp and prawn) being used for essentially the same thin...

Buying take-out on the way home from work is not a twenty-first century idea. The workers of Victorian London could buy a great variety of c...

Well, I did promise a story about the Pudding Club . Seven traditional English puddings are served at each Pudding Club dinner. After a sma...