The original Chelsea Bun House and its wildly popular buns, and a mixture of 19th century recipes in my attempt to recreate the lost original

How Ottoman dolmas made their way to Sweden via the military defeats of King Charles XII, and a recipe from 1765

The life and death of Commodus, one of Rome’s wickedest emperors, and an ancient recipe for the beef that might have killed him (minus the poison)

The origins and evolution of the tomato soup cake, and a from-scratch recipe from 1934

The history of Neapolitan pizza, the well-circulated but debunked story of the margherita pizza’s origin, and a recipe inspired by writings from the mid-19th century

A quick overview of the history of rye whiskey in America, and the making of a milk punch as described in a letter from Benjamin Franklin

How to travel in medieval Europe, and a recipe for 15th century candy that would be perfect on a journey

The reasons behind the Boston Tea Party, and a warm drink made using one of the kinds of tea that was thrown into the harbor

The heyday of pocket soup when it was a staple in the navy and on cross-country expeditions, and a recipe from 1694