Martha Bradley
18th-century English cook, author of The British Housewife.
Mary Eales
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
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
Salad that originated in the French city of Nice, traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives and anchovies, dressed with olive oil.
Eccles cake
Named after the town in Lancashire where it was first made, the Eccles cake is a confection made of flaky pastry filled with currants.
Gruel
Any kind of roasted and crushed cereal moistened by being mixed with water or milk.
Rhubarb Triangle
Forced rhubarb growing area in West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell.
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