The Old Foodie

I have a curious recipe for you today. At least, it seems curious today, when the ‘traditional’ wedding cake is a great slab, dense with...

Regular readers will be aware that I am intrigued by the methods used by our fore-fathers to preserve perishable foods. I came across ...

I have not paid enough attention to vegetables recently – not in my diet, I hasten to add, but certainly in my blog. Today I want to tal...

I have a short but I hope sweet puzzle for you today. I wonder if any of you can explain the name of the following recipe which I found in ...

I cut up a beautiful sweet winter pineapple the other day – it cost me the princely sum of two dollars from the farmers’ market. The barga...

It is a while since I gave you a French dinner party menu, so today I treat you with the menu for this day, June 15, according to the sugges...

My recent post on "American Drinks" has provoked some lively email and blog comments, for which I am most grateful. If I have fail...

Public holidays are a sacred element of Australian culture, and even the most ardent republican does not refuse to stay away from work on th...

I have appreciated the versatility of the sweet potato for some time, but had not heard of an interesting beverage made with it until recent...

I hope soon to resume slightly more organised blogging time - my computer is home, bright new hard drive installed, and now is slowly havi...

I am not too sure how I feel about sporks. You know what they are, I am sure: an eating utensil that combines the features and functions of...

I came across a reference to 'gofers' while I was preparing my recent post on teacakes, and was intrigued by this new/old word. It ...

I hope by today to have my computer back, but it will take some time to get all my "stuff" restored, so in the meanwhile I will gi...

Day seven without a computer, but life and my iPad go on as if all is right with the world. Today I make it easy for myself by letting my ch...

With increasing numbers of households (especially in urban areas) consisting of one person, I am surprised that there is a dearth of interes...

I have another menu for you today - from wartime USA this time. The book is Daily Menus for War Service, by Thetta Quay Franks. The menu and...

One of my favourite Victorian cookery books is Cre-Fydd's Family Fare: or Young Housekeepers Daily Assistant (London, 1864). The author ...

For the rest of the week, until my computer is mended, I will bring you some simple stories - essentially just recipes - with minimal commen...

I will be computer-less for the next week, so my stories will come to you via my trusty iPad, upon which, for reasons known only to itself, ...

My computer is in the emergency ward, and expected to stay there for at least a couple of days. As most of my 'stuff' is contained w...