Tag: food history

Spinach and Parsnip cake

Spinach and parsnip cake

A twist on the traditional carrot cake using parsnip and a touch of spinach powder

Easter Simnel cake

Simnel cake

A traditional festive cake, a mix of fruit, spices and marzipan, is an Easter treat, complete with 11 marzipan balls on the top

Chunks of Swiss Toffee

Swiss Toffee

A 1949 recipe by Nell Heaton from her book Home-Made Sweets. It has much in common with Scottish Tablet and Russian Toffee

Philip Harben cartoon from his 1955 book Cookery Encyclopaedia

Philip Harben – pioneering TV chef

The first cook to have his own television show, Philip Harben was a pioneer. Entrepreneur, inventor of scampi and champion of healthy eating in the 1950s

Langues de chat biscuits Philip Harben

Langues de Chat biscuits

In 1946 Philip Harben held the honour of presenting the first ever TV cookery show. Now long forgotten here is his recipe for Langues de Chat biscuits

Cherry and Kirsch ice cream

Cherry & kirsch ice-cream

A traditional ice-cream recipe from The Book of Ices by Agnes B Marshall published in 1885

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