Category Archives: 18th century recipes

Valentine’s day Shortbread with Royal Icing

In an earlier blog we wrote about the history of Scottish shortbread: a delicious cookie, [...]

18th-century kitchen maids

The focus of the 18th-century nobility was aimed at France. Whatever the French wore, ate [...]

Almond cookies from the ‘Geldersche keukenmeid’

I love to experiment with recipes for cakes and cookies from 18th century cookbooks. Sometimes [...]

Bakewell tart…or pudding?

This article was written by Lorin Posthumus, intern at eat!history. She also took the pictures [...]

Tea time tradition: Scones

This article was written by Lorin Posthumus, intern at eat!history. She also took the pictures [...]