The History Girls

07/09/2015

A new season and York Food and Drink Festival

06/09/2015

Hello lovely followers. I am in the process of combining my wider food writing with my food history work so will soon be moving all of my activity over to my other page. Please come over and say hello for lots of food history updates in addition to posts on local community food issues, small business reviews and hints and tips on getting started as a food writer.

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Living well with chronic illness - finding meaning in every day life.

Food, creativity, people and the natural world.

Happiest at the crossroads where all of these meet.

06/08/2015

28/07/2015

Over on The Greedy Wordsmith....

There is nothing new except what is forgotten Marie Antoinette I have chosen a History Girls favourite to launch this series combining modern food trends with historical recipes. The demand for red...

21/07/2015

Latest blog post over on The Greedy Wordsmith blog page.

In addition to an abundance of soft fruit, July also heralds the verdant arrival of fresh herbs. A far cry from the dry, sawdust filled jars of my childhood, modern home cooks can now add a plethor...

14/07/2015

Great article on the bakery where I held my Ready, Steady Ration! workshop recently. Hope to be back there soon. :-)

Paul Mackenzie reports. Photographs by Joan Russell

14/07/2015

Today I spent a wonderful few hours having my professional photographs taken by the fantastic Olivia Brabbs. Keep an eye out for them popping up on Facebook, Twitter and of course my website.

Female photographer with a documentary storytelling approach to commercial and personal branding photography. Based in York but I accept commissions across Yorkshire and the UK http://www.oliviabrabbs.co.uk

08/07/2015

Can you recommend somewhere for Claire Davies - The Greedy Wordsmith to visit?