The breakfast of choice for most of your favorite historical characters! Some recipes are so incredibly simple that they can stick ...

A pie that's really more of a cake, but tasty either way! Molasses is one of my favorite ingredients to use in dessert. I'm...

A soft gingerbread that's good for all seasons! Continuing the trend of making recipes from cookbooks I've long wanted to tes...

A brief history of apple cider and a look at a forgotten favorite! Fall is my favorite season, although I feel like between moving fu...

Proof that historical bakers didn't mess around! You know who has two thumbs and is glad the semester's over? This gal. I...

Be careful not to break your teeth! As some of you may know, I'm going to be uprooting my life and moving to get a Master's...

A Regency era favorite snack, lunch or dinner! So, Welsh rarebit. Kind of a weird sounding food, isn't it? I know I had no idea w...

Here we come a-wassailing... I'm sure there's many a person out there who's heard the by now famous Christmas carol ...

Is it more salted caramel, butterscotch, spice cake without the spice...? Burnt sugar cake? What is this, Gwen, some kind of recipe...

A lot easier to make than you might think! Happy Independence Day, everyone! Hope your 4th of July is going well, and boy, do I have ...

Kicking off spring with a fruit that's technically  in season in June, but hush. No one has to know. Spring is finally here!!...

Just the thing when you're trapped inside by the snow! I've become a bit of a cookbook hoarder. A lot of my recipes also co...

Super tasty molassesy cookies with an interesting origin story! Caroline Abbott is the newest addition to the historical character li...