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HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, TUTOR

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, TUTOR

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

A woman with curly blonde hair smiling and holding a bunch of radishes.

Historian Emma Kay using a smartwatch and typing on a laptop in a room with a window and curtain.

Emma Kay

Historian Emma Kay examining carved wooden art.

Emma Kay

For anyone interested, my new website is back up and running after a brief hiatus. With direct purchase links to all my books, including the chance to preorder the new, much improved, re-edited edition of A History of British Baking. Now in paperback

The 16th century German recipe compilation, Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin (Sabina Welsarin’s Cookbook) includes a lovely recipe for herb tart, which would probably look more like a giant souffle considering the ingredients, the mai

Fabulous mini break away with smashing old friends in Pembrokeshire. Land of my forefathers. Where my Great Grandad, Fred Hitchings, built and ran the steam boat ferries from Neyland to Pembroke Dock. Walking, eating (some of the best fish & chip

The Christian feast day, Epiphany, has long been associated with bread.
Tuesday 6 January is basically a celebration of Christ being presented to the Three Wise Men (Kings) and the official end of the Christmas season.
Many countries mark this day wi

Happy New Year from the Lakes! Last breakfast of freedom before heading home. And what a fantastic breakfast it is! Wow. It's been a brilliant, active festive break.
Looking forward to a very busy 2026.
Hope you're all groovy, healthy and happy!
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Kicking Christmas off at the charming and cosy @victoriainneastleach with a nice bit of Cornish mullet!
Have a beautiful, restful and loving festive break. And remember to be kind to yourself.

#peaceandlove❤️

Ben's homemade chocolate yule log, (made with a smidgen of supervision.) He got a little immersed in making it as authentic as possible... It's as light as a Christmas feather.

Hope all your Christmas baking is fuelled with festive love.

#christmas

According to Charles Dickens in the weekly magazine of the 1850s, ‘Household Words’,  it was fashionable when decorating the nursery Christmas tree in big houses to make up little ‘bird’s nests’ . These we

I recreated these gilded acorns from Charles Dickens's weekly magazine from the 1850s,  'Household Words'. They feature in an article all about the latest fashionable trends in Christmas decorations. I think they are lovely, as he specifies 'lai

I’ve been scouring old books for traditional Christmas decorative inspiration and this garland is taken from an 1875 manual on floral decorations. It instructs using a central strong hemp cord, with a loop to slip round a nail to hold it firmly

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