So back in the 1950/60s my grandfather was a pilot for BOAC (BA these days). As was then typical by nature of the job, he’d go to work for days at a time, and my grandmother stayed at home looking after the children, housekeeping and cooking. Over the years, he flew regularly to Asia, the…
Category: Food Crimes
The Tomato and Kiwifruit Layer Cheesecake - A 1980s Food Crime?
Over the years of collecting cookbooks I have built up quite a collection stretching back to 1720s, including some rare first editions and survivors of time and use. The majority of my collection though is from three eras – the Victorian/ Edwardian, 50-80s and the 00s – each saw booms in cookbook publications due to…