In our festive four-part series, Annie Gray takes Ellie Cawthorne on a culinary journey through the history of Christmas food.
She guides through the raucous world of festive feasting in the medieval and Tudor eras and the extravagant elegance of Georgian fine dining, before moving on to family-friendly merry-making in the Victorian age, make-do-and-mend Christmases under WW2 rationing, and the bizarre yet joyful gastronomic experiments of the postwar era.
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Historical recipes
Inspired to cook up some treats from the past? Browse our historical recipes
MembershipvideoHow to make sugar-free Tudor biscuits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
- 5 hrs
- Difficulty 2/10
18th-century mushroom ketchup | Historical recipe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
- 1 hr
- Difficulty 2/10
MembershipvideoA sustainable, historical three-course feast: WW2 crumb fudge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
- 10 mins
- Difficulty 1/10
MembershipvideoA sustainable, historical three-course feast: Victorian beef fritters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
- 1 hr
- Difficulty 3/10