Sam Bilton

A lovely warming pudding that uses leftovers. Great for a cold day!

This parkin ice cream was one of the contribution to the virtual pot luck supper discussed at the end of my first Comfortably Hungry podcast

Over a period of nine months from August 1850 the residents of Kensington witnessed a colossal glass building being erected in Hyde Park....

We all know that Seville oranges make fabulous marmalade but how about using them in a tart? This dessert takes its inspiration from the...

We had another bumper crop of red currants this year but what are you to do with them? Jelly is all well and good but I still have some...

We don’t tend to think of pairing spices with strawberries but these sweet red fruits take to the warmth of spices surprisingly well....

As Stir Up Sunday approaches (this year it falls on 24th November) I thought I would share Great Aunt Eliza’s recipe for plum pudding...

If you take a stroll around any large garden attached to an historic building (like Charle’s Darwins home Down House) you are likely to...

Apparently, the British are the only Europeans to differentiate orange marmalade from other fruit jams. On the continent marmalade can be...

Despite living in the intense heat the Victorians who had settled in India were still partial to a traditional British pudding after...

The Accomplisht Cook by Robert May (1660/85) is rather like those ‘antique’ shops you find in towns like Lewes stuffed with a fascinating...

Robert May’s Pompion Pie (The Accomplisht Cook c.1660) Take a pound of pumpkin and slice it, a handful of thyme, a little rosemary, and...

Cheesecakes are something of a stalwart in the dessert stakes. In their various guises they have graced culinary manuals for centuries....

This version of the classic frumenty takes on a sweeter guise than my previous offering. Frumenty could be made with stock or almond...

Not everyone is a fan of Christmas pudding. Whilst tradition may dictate that the festive meal should conclude with a flaming cannon ball...