Hot Cross Buns
The Regency tradition of Hot Cross Buns eaten on Good Friday stems from Medieval times.
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Serle’s Soft Boiled Eggs
Emma's Serle knows the best way to boil an egg, but the tasty breakfast treat is as popular today as it was 200 years ago.
Read moreSteventon Roast Potatoes Recipe
Potatoes were grown at Steventon as early as 1773. In this, Mrs. Austen was decades ahead of her time, and the wonder of her neighbours who suppose...
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Preserved Ginger
When Jane Austen wrote to her sister Cassandra of the holiday visits they enjoyed (endured?) in 1808, she included a delightful word picture of one...
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A Tansey for Lent
first made from the Tansey plant, but later signifying any cake made in a similar manner...
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Apricot Marmalade and Apricot "Cakes"
A selection of delectable Apricot delights, such as those served in Sense and Sensibility
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In Love with "La Pomme D’Amour"
Preserving summer's favorite fruit: Tomatoes, or, as the French have it, "Love Apples"
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