Over 3,500 years ago, Yi Yin was not only a politician, thinker, and minister during the Shang Dynasty, he was also a great master of cooking. Yi Yin was regarded as a philosophical chef or the Culinary God of China, on the basis of his philosophy the whole world was a kitchen. In...
If you are a long-time reader of the blog, you already know that these lists are made up of books that were serendipitously found over the course of the year while doing research for Vintage Kitchen blog posts, shop stories and recipes. Every year, they cover a range of subject matters ...
The second isa free Zoom talk on 17 December at 7pm (GMT)calledThe Philosophy of Puddingswhere I will look at the history of this very British food in the kitchen and in our culture. Will any of your favourites be mentioned?Book your spot here. There are new events cropping up all of...
Colostrum is the name given to the milk produced by female mammals from their mammary glands for the first few days after giving birth to their young. It is very rich and is particularly high in protein: in the case of cows, around five times the protein of whole milk. Because it is t...
Hot food, particularly main dishes, soup, and coffee, was delivered by servers who worked behind the counter. Essentially the conveyor system was implemented so that the maximum number of customers could be served a fairly wide range of food inexpensively in a limited amount of space. The speci...
Above, the Restaurant in Titanic. Located on B Deck, the room was exquisitely decorated and furnished in the French Louis XVI or Louis Seize style with seating for upwards of 150 customers.The Restaurant in Titanic was a very special place. The Restaurant had its own kitchen and preparation ...
that the mysterious benefactor who had recently rented out a storefront and opened a soup kitchen at 935 South State Street was none other than the city’s king of booze, beer and vice. Capone’s soup kitchen served breakfast, lunch and dinner to an average of 2,200 Chicagoans every day...
Nowadays, tororo-jiru is now known as a popular Japanese soup. Yam lube is not a thing anymore, although there is an episode of Grace and Frankie in which Frankie makes a homemade lube out of yams. It’s hard to even begin to imagine a yam lube, but luckily Eric M. Garrison, ...
gooey at the bottom and brown on the top. They are finished with a sticky glaze and adorned with crunchy sugar. Decadent deliciousness. Jane Grigson wrote that they are ‘[t]he best of all the buns, on account of their buttery melting sweetness, and the fun of uncoiling them as you eat...
Subscribe to ad-free Jersey's annual soup kitchen raised the second highest amount in the event's history Thur 12 Dec 12.18pm•Hundreds of volunteers helped to raise £17,500 in aid of Shelter Trust, which will go towards providing hot meals to marginalised people in t...