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Chris Baker guest post: sherry

In Tudor times, beer drinking was the norm, but those who could afford it drank the strong, fortified Spanish wines known as sack or sherris-sack…

by Eric | Oct 27, 2017 | Desserts, Recipes | 0

With apples, pears, plenty of spice and sherry, soul cakes embody autumn. Spicy and fresh, I can’t get enough of these with tea…

Wolf Hall contains a plethora of food references throughout the novel, reflecting everything from courtly excess to Lenten austerity…

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