HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, TUTOR

Skip to Content

HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, TUTOR

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, TUTOR

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

Emma Kay

Hock/Hoke Day/Hocktide was celebrated on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday. That's 14th April this year. Hocktide was binding so this unique day was commemorated by stretching rope across the highways & catching unsuspecting t

A jolly nice Easter trip to Stonhenge (bit blowy), followed by the first cream tea of the season at the quirky & super friendly Bustard inn (just down the road family run cafe) and slow roast lamb from my book Fodder & Drincan: Anglo-Saxon C

Happy Good Friday m'lovelies. 

Here's some wonderful old film footage of Dutch chocolatiers preparing for Easter in 1951.

And remember, if your imagination is fueled by chocolate this weekend, there's always my book - A Dark History of Chocola

@lilibetsmayfair A joy from start to finish. Exquisite food and enchanting surroundings. 

Fleeting London visit yesterday for lunch with my dearest friend. What a treat!

#london
#seafood

Our Ben's filo pastry topped fish pie, with minted greens and peas. Unit 3 of his Leith's teenagers cookery course.
Genuinely the best fish pie I've ever eaten. Runs rings round mine!🤫

#teenagecooking
#cookeryschool

Spring is...A visit to your sister & brother-in-laws farm. Being served a smashing chicken dinner and this very pretty medieval inspired baked custard. Delightful.

#spring

The 4th Sunday in Lent was known as Refreshment Sunday. A day in the Western world for visiting your 'Mother Church,' where you were born or baptised. You'd make an offering of thanks & it was customary to share that love with your parents.

Ready, Steady Nordic Delight! Here's what I made with those 4 ingredients acquired from our Finland visit - crushed gingerbread biscuits mixed with melted butter for the base, a cream cheese and icing sugar layer, topped with the mixed melted exclusi

Proud of our Ben. Unit 1 of his Duke of Edinburgh Award teenagers cookery course with Leiths, done! Knife skills, hygiene and making caramelised onion hummus with crudites.
Just another 12 units to go!🫣

#leiths
#cookery
#cookeryskills

OK, so here are a few of my Finnish food finds from our delightful time away.
Can you suggest what I could do with some exclusive chocolates from the incredibly beautiful Suklaapuoti chocolate shop, mango liquorice, Pepparkakor gingerbread (my absol

kitchenmuseum@yahoo.com

Contact