by Diane Morris | Apr 23, 2015 | Regency Food and Meals
My husband and I hosted a Regency dinner party for friends on March 28th. Earlier this month I described the menu or Bill of Fare, as cookbook author John Mollard would call it, and posted photos of the final dishes. In this post I list the five things I learned about...
by Diane Morris | Nov 6, 2014 | Childbirth, Medicine
During England’s Regency period, women in childbed were advised to sip a caudle—a warm drink made by mixing a thin gruel of oatmeal with wine or ale, spices, and sugar. Although often given to sick people, caudles were enjoyed by women in labor and during their...
