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THE EVOLUTION OF DESSERT & A RECIPE FOR DESSERT DROPS
Recipe Source: Hannah Glasse, The Compete Confectioner (London, 1800)
14th c. APPLE FRITTERS
Recipe Source: The Forme of Cury, a manuscript cookery book compiled by the master cooks for King Richard II, c.1390
STRAWBERRIES IN WINE
STRAWBERRIES IN WINE
Recipe Source: Hannah Widdifield, Widdifield's New Cook Book, or Practical Receipts for the Housewife (Philadelphia, 1856)
CANDIED ORANGES
STRAWBERRIES IN WINE
Recipe Source:The White House Cook Book by Fanny Gillette, 1887
APPLE COMPOTE
APPLE COMPOTE
Recipe Source: N.M.K. Lee, The Cook’s Own Book ( Boston, 1832)
ANGELICA: MAKE A CANDY OF THIS PLANT & CURE A PANDEMIC
Angelica plants (Angelica archangelica) commonly grow in subarctic northern European climates but may have originated in Syria. The sharp and bitter-tasting roots of this plant have been used for centuries in culinary and medicinal recipes, particularly during episodes of plague and this fact has something to do with the divine naming of this plant.