@mrssbilton.bsky.social
Food Historian, Writer & Presenter of the award winning Comfortably Hungry podcast & also the A is for Apple https://linktr.ee/sambilton
Bacon & watercress sandwich
Top tip from Tom Amery of The Watercress Co who features in a forthcoming episode of the Comfortably Hungry podcast
Whatβs you r favourite way to eat watercress?
#watercress
#baconsandwich
#comfortablyhungrypodcast
#mrsbilton
#breakfast
Itβs beginning to smell a lot like chocolate on this Valentineβs Day!
Iβm delighted to announce that my series of lectures for the great courses on the History of Chocolate are available now on Audible!
#audible
#greatcourses
#chocolate
#foodhistory
@pastpreservers.bsky.social
The latest episode of the podcast explores the history of bog butter found in Irelandβs peat bogs. Some of these finds date back to the Bronze Age!
Image courtesy of The National Museum of Ireland.
Looks wonderful!
12.02.2026 12:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm afraid not - just a case of winging it in the kitchen!
08.02.2026 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You're welcome - it's such a fascinating book!
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Thanks to @mrssbilton.bsky.social for inviting me to chat about my book on the Comfortably Hungry podcast comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s4e5-in-th...
03.02.2026 15:57 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
On this Burns Night can I tempt you with a bowl of neeps & tatties soup with crispy haggis? Perhaps with a wedge of cheese & onion soda bread (more to follow on that in a future substack).
I added a touch of fresh ginger to this soup which gives it a pleasing warmth.
#burnsnight
Steamed Coconut & Lime Marmalade Pudding
Iβm a bit of a sucker for a steamed pudding in the winter months, arenβt you?
Last weekβs podcast episode featuring the Lime Run on the Grand Union Canal inspired this recipe for the lovely paid subscribers to the Comfortably Hungry podcast.
Link in bio
Do you enjoy it?!
22.01.2026 11:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Why do certain nationalities have close associations with certain foods? And what does this tell us about early modern English attitudes to foreigners?
Listen to this & much more, in my fascinating interview with @mrssbilton.bsky.social about food & Shakespeare!
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π§β¨ Serve It Forth β Christmas Bonus Episode TOMORROW! β¨π§
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Come along for this special Serve It Forth Christmas Bonus Edition on
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11 December
β° 7:00β8:45pm GMT
with @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
The latest episode of the Comfortably Hungry podcast is out now where I explore the history of βtaking the watersβ and healing wells.
11.12.2025 08:09 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This Thursday is the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special with:
@alessandrapino.bsky.social
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
& me!
7pm - be there or be taken away by greedy goblins!
Tickets are Β£5 plus booking fee. Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
I recently consulted @kitchenwitchjb to find what cheese could tell me about my past, present and future. It was a truly fascinating experience.
Find out how @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I got on at the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social at A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny. Link in bio!
Come to the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special where @alessandrapino.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social and I will be delving into the dark side of Christmas food.
It's at 7pm on 11 December. Book here:
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What are you serving with your Christmas pudding?
Hereβs a suggestion for you.
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social , @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me on 11 Dec for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas Special, looking at the dark side of Christmas food. I'll be focusing on the Xmas stories of Charles Dickens.
It's going to be great fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
It is! π
Thank you for sharing.
Iβve created a couple of wild rice recipes for my paid subscribers.
First up is a wild rice & roasted squash salad with dried cranberries & pecans which mirror the nuttiness of the rice.
Then thereβs a wild rice pudding inspired by an 1854 recipe by Catharine Parr Traill.
Do you like a spooky story at Christmas time? If so join me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social & @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social at the next @serveitforthfest.bsky.social event for a Christmas Feast of the Uncanny on 11 December 2025
26.11.2025 07:26 β π 11 π 9 π¬ 0 π 1Let there be light!
Once youβve made your plum pudding it seems rude not to flambΓ© it!
If you didnβt make your pudding this weekend and would like the recipe for my Medlar Plum Pudding you can find it over on the NEW Comfortably Hungry YouTube channel (link in bio).
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social special 'Christmas Feast of the Uncanny' online & on 11 December
Ghosts, goblins, elves & their relationship to food at Christmas time
Tickets are Β£5 via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Missed Stir Up Sunday? Never fear! I've made a short video (with recipe) on how to make a traditional plum pudding for Christmas. You can find it now on my NEW YouTube channel youtu.be/R4u3IREbWLw
24.11.2025 09:53 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0
β¨ Dark Feasts: The Sinister Side of Festive Dining β¨
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... π€
A new episode of The British Food History Podcast is now live!
Shakespearean Food & Drink with @mrssbilton.bsky.social
Samβs beautiful book Much Ado About Cooking published by Headline and commissioned by The Globe is out now!
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In this weekβs podcast episode I look at some of the less well known foods mentioned in Shakespeareβs plays namely sack, medlars and Banbury cheese.
Joining me are Victoria GonzΓ‘lez-Gordon from Gonzalez Byass wines, Jane Steward of Eastgate larder and Ned Palmer of cheese tasting Co
@mrssbilton.bsky.socialβs βMuch ado about cookingβ publication is taking centre stage in my collection of #Shakespeare related #cookery and #food #books! Love it!
24.10.2025 08:31 β π 13 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
A confectioner remakes his dead wife in sugar, perfect and edible, then serves her to others. Obsession never tasted so horrific.
π¬ #AScareADay #SweetSubtleties
@romgothsam.bsky.social #LisaLHannett
Listen to it here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_12b/
Thank you!
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