Sip Tea Like Aristocracy with The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook This gorgeous hardcover cookbook has come just at the right time to help bring cheer to Downton Abbey fans in quarantine. Experience tea time at Downton Abbey like never before with classic … [Read more...] about The New Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook
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Easy Keto Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream cheese frosting can easily be converted into a keto topping by using sugar alternatives. Easy Keto Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting Cream cheese frosting can easily be converted into a keto topping by using sugar alternatives. 4 oz cream cheese, (softened and cut … [Read more...] about Easy Keto Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Deja Vu? COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu
Amid all the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, it may help to realize we are in familiar territory. Downton only briefly touched on the horrors of the Spanish Flu of 1918-19 in S02E8 resulting in the death of Lavina, paving the way for Matthew and Mary's love story to play out. … [Read more...] about Deja Vu? COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Beeton–The Victorian Domestic Goddess
Happy Birthday Isabella Beeton, best known as Mrs. Beeton, the Victorian Domestic Goddess. Her cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management published in 1861 when she was only 23, was an instant success. It sold a whopping 2 million copies in 1868. March 12 marks her … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday, Mrs. Beeton–The Victorian Domestic Goddess
Fun Food History of the Yule Log
If you missed Stir Up Sunday this year so no homemade Christmas Pudding or Fruitcake on your holiday sweets table, you can always impress your family and guests with another English tradition, the Yule Log cake or bûche de Noël as it is known to the French. Essentially it is a … [Read more...] about Fun Food History of the Yule Log