That Pretty Libertine of the Hedges
I am not able to get to the garden at present, but my fellow gardeners have been sending me photos of the plants as they flower, and I have greatly welcomed these. A photo of one particular plant in flower, a dog-rose.
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Tea at Cranford-Part 3
Tea in Bright Green Canisters, and Comfits in Tumblers Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe: Purveyor of the Finest Confectionery, is a rapidly growing ‘family of shops’ selling old fashioned humbugs, lollipops and other traditional sweets in large screw-topped bottles. Their popularity tells
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Our Daily Bread: tea – time at Cranford part 2
Following on from my last blog ‘Tea at Cranford’, I will now consider the dangers which may have been lurking in those dainty sandwiches, ‘cut to the imaginary pattern of excellence that existed in Miss Matty’s mind, as being the way which
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Tea at Cranford: Charlotte Bronte and the Great Victorian Tea Fraud
Tea plays an integral role in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Cranford. Grown in India, a British colony, and imported by the East India Company, tea became a national beverage, which could be found in practically every household. But tea was more than just
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More Manchester women writers – cooking up a storm!
She's credited with inventing the Eccles cake. She wrote one of the two best-selling cookery books of her times - the other was written by Hannah Glasse - and her recipes were much plagarized by Mrs Beeton. And in 1772, she published
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