Introducing our new co-editor: Jess Clark
Interview by Lisa Smith Welcome to your new role as co-editor of the Recipes Project, Jess! Tell us a bit about your own history with the RP. I first contributed to the RP in 2014, when I wrote two...
View ArticleMrs. Headman’s Preparations: Safeguarding Secrets in a Victorian Beauty Business
Jessica P. Clark As I’ve discussed in previous posts, the mid-nineteenth century saw a rise in commercial beauty products aimed at British consumers. A variety of new goods, expanding through the...
View ArticleIntroducing Our New Co-Editor: Josh Schlachet
Interview by Jess Clark As we mentioned at the beginning of 2019, there are a number of exciting new developments happening here at the Recipes Project, including the arrival of three new co-editors....
View ArticleRegulations and Realities: Standardizing Diets in British Prisons
By Jess Clark I was recently in the British Library, and among the sources that came across my desk was a small, thin text published in 1902: Manual of Cooking & Baking for the Use of Prison...
View ArticleWinning the War with Eau de Cologne
By Jess Clark as part of the Perfumes Series In August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. As many historians compellingly argue, the Great War was a point of major military, political, and...
View ArticleA Teaching Round-Up
By Jess Clark It’s August, which means that some of us are prepping course materials for the coming year (unless you’ve already got your syllabus and teaching plans in order — to you, I tip my hat!)....
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