5 Podcast Episodes
Ep 143 - Eliza Acton & Mrs Beeton - battle of the bakers
Ep 143 - Eliza Acton & Mrs Beeton - battle of the bakers
We rise at dawn! It's the showdown of the two big names in recipe book development - one well known and celebrated, and ... Read more
21 Jun 2023
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1hr
Eliza Acton: Britain’s first modern cookery writer
Eliza Acton: Britain’s first modern cookery writer
Writer Annabel Abbs discusses poet and food writer Eliza Acton, the protagonist of her new historical novel The Language... Read more
24 May 2022
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40mins
Annabel Abbs: Before Eliza Acton, recipes had no list of ingredients, details of timing or temperature
Annabel Abbs: Before Eliza Acton, recipes had no list of ingredients, details of timing or temperature
Cookbook fans, I wonder how much you know about how the beloved cookbook came to be? Did you know it was in 1845? Have y... Read more
30 Apr 2022
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13mins
S5:E2 – Eliza Acton
S5:E2 – Eliza Acton
Show Notes Eleanor and Courtney discuss the life of cookery revolutionary, Eliza Acton. Transcript here. Read Eliza Act... Read more
25 Feb 2022
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48mins
#44 - Eliza Acton, Spaghetti, Isabella Beeton, Syphilis, and Men Who Have Sex with Men!
#44 - Eliza Acton, Spaghetti, Isabella Beeton, Syphilis, and Men Who Have Sex with Men!
Hope you’re hungry! In this episode Jill Weiner and Connor Creagan discover two titans of cookery fame - Eliza Acton an... Read more
23 Apr 2019
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55mins