Lisa SmithTracing Recipes to Kill VerminAmong the papers of the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall (Warwickshire), I found a pile of loose eighteenth-century recipes. The recipes are…Mar 4, 2018Mar 4, 2018
Lisa SmithCoffee: A Remedy Against the Plague1721, London: The plague raging in Marseilles threatened London’s busy ports. The British government took action, asking a core group of…Mar 3, 2018Mar 3, 2018
Lisa SmithRecipes for the Dogs in the Eighteenth CenturyDog-owners: ever wonder about the care of your faithful companions in times past? You’ll be glad to know that animal health recipes…Mar 2, 2018Mar 2, 2018
Lisa SmithThe Puppy Water and Other Early Modern Canine RecipesAt first I thought it was a joke when I read a recipe for “The Puppy Water” in a recipe collection compiled by one Mary Doggett in 1682…Feb 24, 2018Feb 24, 2018
Lisa SmithThe Art of Beagling in Eighteenth-Century EnglandSnoopy, the world’s most famous beagle, epitomizes several of the breed’s traits: the dangly ears, the prominent snout, the fixation on…Jun 12, 2014Jun 12, 2014
Lisa SmithBreastfeeding… the Grandchildren?Wondrous Early Modern Tales of Aged WomenJun 2, 2014Jun 2, 2014
Lisa SmithA Case of Spontaneous Human Combustion in 1731The Case of “A Lady of Quality”Jan 31, 2014Jan 31, 2014
Lisa SmithThe Sex Life of Dogs in the Eighteenth CenturyI started out rifling through old animal husbandry books on a whim, looking for references to beagles. (See The Art of Beagling and Buffon…Aug 30, 2013Aug 30, 2013
Lisa SmithBuffon and the BeagleBeagles, that adorable and humble breed of hunting dog, were at the centre of a debate about the meaning of civilisation and nature in the…Jun 30, 2013Jun 30, 2013
