A recipe for Twelfth Night cake
Enjoy a recipe for a traditional Twelfth Night cake. Whoever finds the dried beans or hidden trinkets in their pieces of cake are crowned the “Twelfth Night Kings” and distribute gifts to all the children and select the songs and games.
Renaissance cooking: Food historian Francine Segan and a recipe for 'pears' in broth (they're not really pears)
Francine Segan is a food historian with a taste for the Renaissance. She’s the author of six cookbooks, including Shakespeare’s Kitchen (2003) and the Opera Lover’s Cookbook, which was nominated for a James Beard award. This year she’s been spending…
From the archive to the oven: How to make a sweet potato pudding
Folger researchers recently uncovered a very early European potato recipe in our archives in a collection kept by the Grenville family from c. 1640-1750. “To make a potato puding” shows the growing popularity of this New World food in England.
Recipe: How to make a sweet potato pudding
The Folger is home to the largest collection of early modern western European recipe books in the United States, and a team of Folger researchers recently uncovered a very early European potato recipe in our archives. This recipe, “to make a…
A perfect pairing: A recipe for almond jumballs and a podcast episode on "Recipes for Thought"
Early modern kitchens, food, and recipes offer an intriguing window on the world in which Shakespeare lived. Our new Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episode is a fascinating interview with Wendy Wall, who explores the role of food, kitchens, and other related subjects in…