Tag: historical food

• The Secret Slang of Paris’ Butchers

  One of my favourite things about writing historical fiction is the research. To me, it’s like detective work: inevitably, I end up taking deep dives into a particular subject. (I just spent two days reading about the changing judicial system and socio-economic make-up of the Paris police force at the start of the Second Empire…

  lauramadeleine

  March 10, 2020

  Research

  19th century, butcher, food, historical fiction, historical food, history, Les Halles, louchebem, Paris, Research, slang

• Fig Cake with Fig Leaf Cream

  In Tangier, at the very edge of the casbah overlooking the strait, is a house called Dar Zero. An old property, with white, crenelated walls, this is where Samuel Pepys lived in 1683, during the English occupation of Tangier (1661-1684), when he was employed as a secretary to George Legge, Lord Dartmouth, who had been…

  lauramadeleine

  September 30, 2019

  Recipes, Writing

  author, baking, books, cake, cake recipe, fig, fig leaf, food, historical fiction, historical food, history, recipe, seasonal, tangier