Category: Miscellany
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A Blast from the Past – Gervase Markham’s jumbals

This is probably the very first worked-out recipe that Taddea di Giorgio and I put together– back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and we were Therese and Adele. Markham’s recipe for jumbals To make Jumbals more fine and curious than the former, and neerer to the taste of the Macaroon, take a pound of Sugar, beat Read more
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A Pumpkin Tourte

This is a slightly edited version of a recipe redaction I created for the 2025 Ealdormere Cooks’ Calendar. I chose the month of October, and here in Canada, that mneans Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving means pumpkin pie. Fortunately, Bartolomeo Scappi gives us the perfect recipe for the season. To prepare a tourte of domestic pumpkin without Read more
