by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
Marmalade as we know it within North America and Great Britain isn’t quite the same as that consumed around the world. In fact, the citrus based ...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
I haven't written about this subject in a while, but I have a few posts lined up about fops, beauty recipes and military hairstyles. There actual...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
In today’s post I will be sharing with you some period recipes and their modern equivalents. Some of them translate very well into this time period, such as the pomatum, where the ingredients are still known to be safe. Others however, had to be updated as we know that lead is not a safe product to use (although they were aware of that at the time and yet, continued to use it, sometimes even to cover up the damage that the lead caused their skin).
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
I recently decided to try an 18th Century receipt for a chocolate tart, and I am glad I did because it was better than any similar modern recipe....
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
Today we will be sharing with you our method for creating a period sugar cone and the best part is that you can make it in one of your reproduc...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
Today we will be continuing our blog series about hair (and makeup) from the 18th Century and will be going into the hairstyles worn by the...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
I thought I would do an interesting experiment comparing period reproductions of both a silk and feather powder puff. If you are interested in pu...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
Today we thought we'd try a period Portuguese recipe. I have noticed that recipes from Portugal tended to have more sugar th...
by Trisha da Cunha
March 5, 2020
Experimenting with 18th Century Irons
Photo courtesy of Fort Ticonderoga
I thought it would be a great experiment to...
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Marmalade as we know it within North America and Great Britain isn’t quite the same as that consumed around the world. In fact, the citrus based ...
I haven't written about this subject in a while, but I have a few posts lined up about fops, beauty recipes and military hairstyles. There actual...
In today’s post I will be sharing with you some period recipes and their modern equivalents. Some of them translate very well into this time period, such as the pomatum, where the ingredients are still known to be safe. Others however, had to be updated as we know that lead is not a safe product to use (although they were aware of that at the time and yet, continued to use it, sometimes even to cover up the damage that the lead caused their skin).
I recently decided to try an 18th Century receipt for a chocolate tart, and I am glad I did because it was better than any similar modern recipe....
Today we will be sharing with you our method for creating a period sugar cone and the best part is that you can make it in one of your reproduc...
Today we will be continuing our blog series about hair (and makeup) from the 18th Century and will be going into the hairstyles worn by the...
I thought I would do an interesting experiment comparing period reproductions of both a silk and feather powder puff. If you are interested in pu...
Today we thought we'd try a period Portuguese recipe. I have noticed that recipes from Portugal tended to have more sugar th...
Experimenting with 18th Century Irons Photo courtesy of Fort Ticonderoga I thought it would be a great experiment to...
