The Old Foodie

Naturally today’s story must have an April Fool Feel. Last year someone thought that the Old Foodie Joke was that I published the story a da...

Our old friend Parson James Woodforde had a fine dinner and supper with friends on this day in 1783. As was his habit, he recorded the meals...

Today the only worries we have in relation to our daily meals are paying the grocery bill, and eating locally and ethically in a manner acc...

Today I am going to introduce you to The Milky Way Cookbook , published in 1914 by the Nestlé company to promotes its condensed milk. This i...

It never ceases to amaze me – the sheer number of dishes named after clerical and other religious folk and the general religious life. Rathe...

July 23 I have a wonderful find for you today! Have you ever wondered about a quiet life? A very quiet life. Life in a silent mona...

June 9 ... Two years ago on this very day I told you about a banquet given by the Scottish Geographical Society one hundred and eig...

May 20 ... Viscount John Byng took to the English country road in the eighteenth century for a variety of reasons, and luckily for us he kep...

April 25 ... Today is Anzac Day in Australia , the day that we pay homage to the brave men who fought and died at Gallipoli. It is a pub...

March 14 ... Pi day dawns. In gratitude to the mathematicians of the world who do mathematics ungrudgingly, leaving me free of the worr...