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Two archaeology-grad/crafter friends discuss food and domestic history

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    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 120 EPISODES


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    #120 – The Dracula Cookbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 46:55


    Vampire magic, and the fruit of the summer

    #119 – Deer Parks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 38:47


    Deer parks, I love you

    #118 – Netting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 45:35


    We have not achieved net zero. There are so many nets

    #117 – Playgrounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 45:42


    We're back, so let's go play outside and learn about the giant's stride

    #116 – Alewives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 41:21


    Women? Running businesses?! We can't be having that!

    #115 – L'Artusi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 29:52


    The father of modern Italian cooking, his life, his opus, and his minestrone soup

    #114 – King Cake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 41:58


    Twelfth night traditions and army camp stew

    #113 – Advent Calendars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 35:55


    What is an advent calendar? Why is an advent calendar? How do you evade taxes with cheese?

    #112 – Whitework

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 53:35


    It is embroidery time once again!

    #111 – Rayon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 42:23


    Artificial, but green? But maybe not? But maybe?

    #110 – Lee Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 37:42


    Sometimes you just have to get silly with it

    #109 – Pistachios

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 37:17


    Happy nut, smiling nut, green almond. It's time for the not-so-humble pistachio

    #108 – Mulberries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 43:06


    Here we go round the mulberry bush...tree? Also, mooncakes!

    #107 – Flax

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 30:14


    You didn't think we were done with #flaxfacts did you?

    #106 – Linen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 59:24


    Flax facts part one!

    #105 – William Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 32:31


    Arts! Crafts! Wallpaper! Socialism?

    #104 – Strawberries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 45:51


    Happy summer! It's time for strawberries and gazpacho

    #103 – WW2 Clothes Rationing and Utility Clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 36:00


    We're back! It's time to learn about gasmask bags, illegal turnups, and Winston Churchill's custom onsie

    #102 – Smocking

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 43:22


    Don't get your clothes in a bunch! Or if you need to, make it pretty

    #101 – Ambergris

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 35:07


    What smells bad, is legally complicated, and is a key part of high-end perfumes?

    #100 – Episode 100

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 35:03


    We made it to 100 episodes! This one's a bit different, as we answer your questions

    #99 – Tiramisu

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 46:54


    Episode Notes This episode features wall to wall dessert controversy. Local larder: tres leches

    #98 – Shisha and Elytra Embroidery

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 39:14


    More shiny things to put on clothing, and a new year soup

    #97 – Sequins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 46:11


    Let's add some sparkle to the new year!

    #96 – Tablet Weaving

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 51:13


    Jimmy the Welsh Viking is back to tell us about tablet weaving

    #95 – Julia Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 27:45


    In which Liz decides they really need to watch Julie and Julia

    #94 – Cockles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 38:38


    Enjoy a tiny shellfish, and a big layered bird

    #93 – Company Towns

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 42:08


    What's a model village when it's not a tiny town? How do you owe your soul to a company store? What would you eat in a logging camp?

    #92 – Love Spoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 46:06


    You've heard of spooning romantically? Now get ready for romantic spoons!

    #91 – Sycamores

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 47:05


    Since sycamores have been in the news, let's see exactly what they are

    #90 – The Book of Margery Kempe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023 34:56


    Mediaeval merchant, mystic, and pilgrim, and the subject of the earliest survivial autobiography in English

    #89 – Opus Anglicanum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 48:09


    Time to discuss some mediaeval masterwork V&A link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery

    #88 – Naan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 34:20


    Bread of kings and king of breads, it's time for naan

    #87 – Stagecoaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 49:41


    What's a coaching inn? Where did old-timey people put their luggage? What the heck is lutefisk? Answers to all these questions and more, this episode!

    #86 – Resist Dyeing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 44:39


    Tie-dying and friends from around the world

    #85 – Lark Rise to Candleford

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 61:35


    This time, the book's a memoir. Let's get idyllic

    lark rise
    #84 – Yeast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 46:07


    We round off our hat-trick of bread episodes by discussing that wonderful fungus, yeast

    #83 – Sourdough

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 55:15


    The breadening continues! Let's get sour

    #82 – Sliced Bread and the Chorleywood Process

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 45:13


    We finally talked about bread!

    #81 – Three Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 69:02


    Three food-related stories, and the ballad of buffalo wings

    #80 – Elizabeth Raffald

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 76:45


    With guest Dr Neil Buttery, whose book "Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper" is out now! Digitised 1st edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769): https://archive.org/details/experiencedengl01raffgoog/page/n9/mode/2up  Zoom talk on Elizabeth 26 April at 7pm (BST) - free tickets can be had via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-extraordinary-life-of-elizabeth-raffald-tickets-605899791587  In-person Manchester talk at Station South, Levenshulme is on 14 May at 7pm. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/165241569745457

    #79 – Mango

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 52:40


    Turns out everyone loves mango, though some maybe a little too much

    #78 – Spindles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 56:16


    Drop spindles? Only in a controlled manner

    #77 – Varie-teas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 55:51


    Why are there so many types of tea!

    #76 – Mead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 47:29


    Wine from honey, what a concept!

    #75 – Steiff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 28:18


    Who loves teddy bears? We do

    #74 – Woad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 46:47


    For the New Year blues

    #73 – Hedgerows

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 46:05


    Talking about hedges turns into being angry at landowners. Are we surprised?

    #72 – Spinning Wheels

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 52:21


    That's a great wheel! But it's no greatwheel

    #71 – Ginger

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 49:52


    What's the story on the world's favourite rhizome? And why do toffee apples exist?

    #70 – The White Hart Inn Cookbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 48:33


    An 18th century cookbook from a man who loved to humblebrag https://pubwiki.co.uk/

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