I made an 18th-century hedgehog-shaped dessert so you don't have to. The original recipe was published in English cookbook author Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy in 1747: "Take two pounds of fweet almonds blanched, beat them well in a mortar, with a little canary and orange-flower water, to keep them […]
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When I was a youth learning to bake I was super eager to learn how to bake bread. My first attempt was an awful roll recipe that my mom used to allow me to make for family functions and holidays (I'm sorry fam). I think there's still a photo that exists of me making those […]
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"They had eaten beer potage, thick with croutons and cheese, and Ciri had been surprised they had not be served mushrooms as well." - Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski I was thrilled when I first read this passage. I imagined a warm, comforting soup made with old world cheddar, cured pork, and Polish beer. […]
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If you're reading this, you probably already know what a cheese ball is. And if you don't, take a guess and you'll probably be right. Most cheese balls are... pretty cheesy, and I don't mean that literally: they're weirdly textured, they're made from processed cheese that probably couldn't legally be called 'cheese' outside of the […]
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