by Drue Hoffman | Nov 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cranberry Brie Bites Yields: 24 Prep Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes 1 8oz. tube of crescent dough Cooking spray for pan Flour for surface 1 8oz. wheel of brie ½ cup whole berry cranberry sauce ¼ cup chopped pecans 6 sprigs of rosemary cut into 1” pieces....
by Drue Hoffman | Nov 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Baldric: A broad belt or girdle, often richly ornamented, passing over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the other, supporting sword, dagger, or bugle. From the Lady of Shalott by Lord Tennyson *The gemmy bridle glittered free Like to some branch of stars we...
by Drue Hoffman | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am speaking for myself in this article. But I believe with many of the genres we love, we enjoy them because the hero or heroine elicit either sympathy or empathy. For example, in Bernard Cornwell’s historicals, we empathize with the men on the battlefield....
by Drue Hoffman | Apr 7, 2018 | Blog, Historical Factoids, Victorian
Historical Factoids – 2018 Victorian Era England London’s famous fog of the period is not exaggerated. At time during the year appeared yellow in color, was at the worst in November. In the winter months, the fog stretched to the surrounding towns and villages....
by Drue Hoffman | Apr 7, 2018 | Blog, Historical Recipes
Historical Tidbit Medieval Recipes A modest list of spices available to the medieval cook: Cardamom, cinnamon, clove, cubeb (tailed pepper), galangal, ginger, grains of Paradise, mastic, nutmeg, mace, black pepper, long pepper, saffron, sugar, sumac, salt. Source...
