Mary Eales
Mary Eales was an 18th-century writer on cookery and confectionery, author of Mrs Mary Eales’s Receipts (1718)
Florence Petty
Florence Petty (1 December 1870 – 18 November 1948) was a Scottish cookery writer and broadcaster.
Gin Craze
The Gin Craze in the first half of 18th-century Great Britain was a period when the consumption of gin increased rapidly, leading to an epidemic of extreme drunkenness.
Rag pudding
Rag pudding is a savoury dish once popular in the mill towns of northwest England.
A Little Bit of Cucumber
Comedic music hall-song first performed by Harry Champion in 1915, about the types of food preferred by the cockney working classes.
Salade niçoise
Salade niçoise originated in the French city of Nice. It is traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives and anchovies, dressed with olive oil.
Eccles cake
The Eccles cake, named after the town in Lancashire where it was first made, is a confection made of flaky pastry filled with currants.
Gruel
Gruel is any kind of roasted and crushed cereal moistened by being mixed with water or milk.
Magee Marshall & Company
Magee Marshall & Company operated from the Crown Brewery in Bolton, Lancashire, England from 1888 until being taken over by Greenall Whitley in 1958.
Beerhouse
A beerhouse was a type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the 1830 Beerhouse Act, legally defined as a place “where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises”.
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