Stories
- Article
Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
- Article
There’s more to gingerbread than ginger
‘Bake-Off’ finalist Mary-Anne Boermans treats us to the warm and enticing pleasures of gingerbread over centuries.
- Article
Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book
Date: 18th centuryReference: MS.8818/1Part of: English recipe books, 18th-early 19th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book
Date: 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.8818/2Part of: English recipe books, 18th-early 19th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
Manufacturing recipe book
Date: 1748-1847Reference: MS.5446Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Manufacturing recipe book
Date: 1748-1847Reference: MS.5447Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe Collections, 19th Century
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.5854/57-104Part of: Recipe Collections, 19th Century
Events
- Discussion
Recipes for Early Modern Beauty
Online
Available to watch
Part of Exploring Research
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- Discussion
Beauty By the Books, Transcribing Early Modern Recipes
Online
Past
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- Event
- Youth event
Young People, Mental Health and Recipes for Self-care
Online
Available to watch
Part of What Does It Mean To Be Young, Now?
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