Welcome to A Retro Kitchen!: A wisdom in happy food

I've just finished the main parts of the brilliant Mark Girouard's book The Victorian Country House. After describing Philip Webb's somewhat tortured work on the house called Standen in Sussex (finished c1894) and of how he typically would deny himself nice food, Dr Girouard writes,

One can't help feeling that Webb would have been a happier man and a greater architect if he had helped himself to more strawberries and cream.

Standen House, from its official website, https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/standen-house-and-garden :

More at https://associationoftimetravelers.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-wisdom-in-enjoying-happy-things.html .

You'll find old and new ideas on this site...

I love playing with both food and history and am trying to combine these loves here and in various projects. My most recently published was a fun 3-volume set, which you can get free below, which speaks much of cuisine in a little known part of the world from earliest times to 700 CE....Speaking of old, this is a reincarnation of three old blogs, one shared with friends all over the world and called something like Our Favorite Food This Week, and then one called That Was Delicious that started my toying with retro food ideas, and then A History Writer in the Kitchen where I explored history more....I have kept many posts from those blogs, including many recipes I thought you might like.

Enjoy!