Tudor Jumbles! These simple, delicious, and elegant biscuits are the feature of my History Cookbook column in this month’s BBC History Magazine. And, as always, the recipe video will be up soon for History Extra members too

How did the Tudors understand food waste? And what did they do with their leftovers? As a sneak peek into Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation, I explore these questions for the Conversation!

To celebrate the release of Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation, BBC History mag published a special 3-course meal using recipes from my book. I cook-up ‘Budget Broccoli’ from the 2007 World Food Price Crisis, ‘Victorian Beef Fritters’ to use up leftover roast beef, and ‘WW2 Crumb Fudge’ to make use of stale bread crumbs.

I explore how Bristol features in my new book Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation, and ask ‘In our quest to create a more sustainable food system, can we learn from the wasteful mistakes and thrifty triumphs of the past?’

In this month’s edition, I try the much tastier (IMHO) 18th-century mushroom version of ketchup and explore the sauce’s fascinating origins!

Find the recipe for Potato Pete’s Potato Piglets in this month’s BBC History Magazine column along with a bonus WW2 potato soup recipe to make sure there is no food waste! 🥔

I also wrote the food history quiz for their 300th issue quiz! 🥝

I have two articles in the January issue of BBC History Magazine: ‘What’s is the World’s Oldest Surviving Recipe?’ and a recipe article on ‘Sugar-free Tudor biscuits’ from Sir Hugh Platt’s recipe book of the 1590s!

Learn 5 fun facts about the history of Christmas food! Published in print and online.

In this extended article, I share three historical recipes from different eras in Britain’s past - a Stuart mince pie, a Georgian twelfth cake, and a Victorian smoking bishop - along with their fascinating origins!

Commissioned to tell the fascinating history of hot cross buns for English Heritage. Were they invented by a 14th-century monk named Thomas Rocliffe or do they have ancient pagan origins? By the 19th century hot cross buns were viewed as a superstitious remnant of Catholicism in Britain. Some believed they had magical properties but to others they were idolatrous!

I review Carla Cevasco’s book, Violent Appetites , for The Recipes Project, focusing in particular on what it tells us about the links between food and religion in early America.

Based on new oral histories and image archives, this piece explores the role of fast food in the lives of young people in the late 20th century. My research was funded by the Museum of Youth Culture/IHR.