When you visit Oxford you are surrounded by history of all types. Some of the colleges were founded in the 13th Century, and their famous alumni are too numerous to count, stretching across all imaginable professions including historians, chemists, writers, explorers, politicians and more. One quite pleasurable way to make a connection with some of [...]
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A Toast to Some of Oxford’s Famous Writers
Posted in Food History, Food and Fiction, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2010, Travel, tagged oxford, real ale, cask ale, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2010, Eagle and Child Pub, J.R.R. Tolkien, old pubs on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time Travel in a Glass
Posted in Food History, Traditional Foodways, tagged beer, beer history, cask ale, cask conditioned ale, real ale on February 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
SCENE: rural 19th Century England. You stride into a country pub after an invigorating day of grouse hunting, slap your hand on the ancient wooden bar and say, “Landlord, a pint of your finest ale, if you please.” Oh, pardon me, I was just reading some Sherlock Holmes, which got me daydreaming about tweed, the [...]
