Archive for: December 2015
Christmas is one of the major festivals of the Christian church and was treated as a period of solemn observance in the medieval period. But how else was the festive season marked by the monks at Rievaulx Abbey?...
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Today there’s nothing remotely savoury about the mince pie. But this wasn’t always the case. Like so many dishes, the mince pie has evolved over the centuries.
We recognise them as the quintessential Christmas confection, packed with citrussy dried fruit plumped with brandy, sp...
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