Comfortably Hungry
Sam BiltonWelcome to the award winning comfortably hungry Substack where yesterday’s dinner is tomorrow’s history. If you’re a peckish person who is curious about the history of food and drink, then you’re in the right place.
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S4E12: Fetching the Rains
Image courtesy of Gabrielle Vail
In this episode we’ll be journeying to pre-Colombian Mesoamerica with Dr Gabrielle Vail, Research Collaborator in the Department of Anthropology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to explo...
Petworth Shortcake
This recipe comes from The Petworth Book of Country House Cooking by Peter Brears (2015).
This recipe comes from The Petworth Book of Country House Cooking by Peter Brears (2015). Petworth House was the home of the Leconfield family from 1...
S4E11: Burton Mill
Burton Mill Pond (Image: Sam Bilton)
In episode 11, I visit Barry and Chris Flannaghan at the restored Burton watermill in Sussex. I discover how Burton Mill has evolved over the centuries but always using water as its source of power. The...
Hootenholler Whisky Cake
with a zingy Cranachan on the side
This recipe comes from Peg Bracken’s tongue in cheek The I Hate to Cook Book (originally published in 1960 but reissued in 2010) from a chapter aptly entitled ‘Potluck Suppers: Or how to bring the water f...
S4E10: Water of Life
Photo by Bernd 📷 Dittrich on Unsplash
In this episode I discover more about the role women played in the distilling of usquebaugh (or the water of life) and whisky in Scotland with Peter Gilchrist, food historian at the Tenement Kitchen a...
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