Category Archives: 19th century recipes

19th century recipes. Historical recipes from the 19th century.

Hot cross buns: an Easter treat

It’s Easter time! In the Christian tradition, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus three days [...]

Valentine’s day Shortbread with Royal Icing

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

Almond cookies from the ‘Geldersche keukenmeid’

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

Poularde Albufera

A while ago, Museum Willet-Holthuysen in Amsterdam dared culinary enthusiasts to cook a meal from [...]

Bakewell tart…or pudding?

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

Scottish Shortbread

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 [...]

Mince pies: A Christmas tradition

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