Welcome to A Retro Kitchen!: A source of lovely recipes from London

The Firmdale Hotel group (out of London and New York) offers a delicious service called Firmdale Food at Home; you can download pretty recipe plans through https://www.firmdalehotels.com/b/firmdale-food-at-home/ (just click on a photo on the right, or a name on the left).

Their Ham Yard Hotel offers afternoon tea; the autumn menu includes these perfect options for dessert:

gingerbread, coconut, and mango ice cream

oat and raisin cookie with malted milk ice cream

cinnamon palmiers with espresso sorbet and milk ice cream

This is a picture of my favorite of their London restaurants:

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!