Recipes in the archives
Things to cook
Some recipes we've tried
Discover recipes through the ages and why not try them for yourself and see how tastes have changed!
Discover food blogs
Find out more about the social history behind the way we used to cook and our relationship to food.
Article
Victorian Workhouse Diets
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Highlighting some of the features of our past 'Lost Victorian City' exhibition - here curator Rachel Barrett takes a look at dietary tables, including a recipe for gruel.
Long read
The Art of Cookery with Hannah Glasse
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Discover more about Hannah Glasse (1708–1770) who was one of the most influential English cookbook writers of the eighteenth century and how she came to spend some time in the Fleet Prison.
Article
J Lyons and Company Archives
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Find out about the J Lyons and Company Ltd holdings including the Lyons Corner House records at TLA.
Research Guide
Brewery records
A quick guide to our brewery holdings
Find out about Brewery records held at The London Archives in this quick guide to our collections.