The Old Foodie

I couldn’t help looking to see if the author of Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated (John Timbs) published in London in 1841 included ...

Unless they are tiny, and called navets , and served with duck, in Paris, by a handsome waiter (with a French accent, naturally), turnips l...

Today, January 29th … Herman Melville wrote to his great friend Nathaniel Hawthorne on this day, urging him to visit, and tempting him with ...

Today, January 13 … Samuel Pepys spared no expense on a “noble” dinner for friends on this day in 1663. His guests arrived around midday, an...