Emma Kay, Author, Historian, FRHistS, Archaeologist
@museumofkitchen.bsky.social
Doing Things The Old Way - Historian,Author, Archaeologist with food specialism.Fellow of Royal Historical Society. Online Archaeology Tutor.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/oldway2 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTyhFgdStZBUTkSxu0qTMQ
Links: https://www.facebook.com/oldway2 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTyhFgdStZBUTkSxu0qTMQ
A few images of this weekend's workshops I ran as part of the 2025 Cirencester History Festival (sadly not enough of the real action)!From Samhain,to Christian Allhollowtide,chocolate in Mexican rituals,how chocolate came to Europe, souling & soul cakes,Christian sugar paste iconography & much more.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A few images of this weekend's workshops I ran as part of the 2025 Cirencester History Festival (sadly not enough of the real action)!From Samhain,to Christian Allhollowtide,chocolate in Mexican rituals,how chocolate came to Europe, souling & soul cakes,Christian sugar paste iconography & much more.
The latest episode of @englishheritage.bsky.social podcast reveals how beautiful property Wrest Park was once integral to 20c British agriculture, making a global impact with a backstory guaranteed to fascinate!
Click below to hear me chatting all about it
www.english-heritage.org.uk/.../inspire-...
Click below to hear me chatting all about it
www.english-heritage.org.uk/.../inspire-...
September 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The latest episode of @englishheritage.bsky.social podcast reveals how beautiful property Wrest Park was once integral to 20c British agriculture, making a global impact with a backstory guaranteed to fascinate!
Click below to hear me chatting all about it
www.english-heritage.org.uk/.../inspire-...
Click below to hear me chatting all about it
www.english-heritage.org.uk/.../inspire-...
Join me at Cirencester History Festival for a special workshop investigating chocolate's evolution from drink to solid bar. Work with original artefacts from my collection, create& explore chocolate's dark history & Mexican origins. Chocolate, Death & Dia De Los Muertos share.google/geSpLLb6676i...
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join me at Cirencester History Festival for a special workshop investigating chocolate's evolution from drink to solid bar. Work with original artefacts from my collection, create& explore chocolate's dark history & Mexican origins. Chocolate, Death & Dia De Los Muertos share.google/geSpLLb6676i...
Curious to learn more about an early modern era dish called flummery? Well, you can by visiting my Blog museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog/...
It's a beautiful thing!
#history
#oldrecipes
#museumofkitchenalia
It's a beautiful thing!
#history
#oldrecipes
#museumofkitchenalia
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Curious to learn more about an early modern era dish called flummery? Well, you can by visiting my Blog museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog/...
It's a beautiful thing!
#history
#oldrecipes
#museumofkitchenalia
It's a beautiful thing!
#history
#oldrecipes
#museumofkitchenalia
Interested in how butter used to be made at home?
My latest YouTube short is up on my channel to show you how, featuring lots of lovely objects from my collection.
youtube.com/shorts/QHGaX...
#museumofkitchenalia
My latest YouTube short is up on my channel to show you how, featuring lots of lovely objects from my collection.
youtube.com/shorts/QHGaX...
#museumofkitchenalia
July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Interested in how butter used to be made at home?
My latest YouTube short is up on my channel to show you how, featuring lots of lovely objects from my collection.
youtube.com/shorts/QHGaX...
#museumofkitchenalia
My latest YouTube short is up on my channel to show you how, featuring lots of lovely objects from my collection.
youtube.com/shorts/QHGaX...
#museumofkitchenalia
This Autumn something very exciting is happening. Cirencester History Festival will be rolling out a rich,delicious mix of household names, experts in their fields,& local stars (including Ahem, me) !!
That is all I can say for now...
Sign up to the mailing list www.cirencesterhistoryfestival.org
That is all I can say for now...
Sign up to the mailing list www.cirencesterhistoryfestival.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This Autumn something very exciting is happening. Cirencester History Festival will be rolling out a rich,delicious mix of household names, experts in their fields,& local stars (including Ahem, me) !!
That is all I can say for now...
Sign up to the mailing list www.cirencesterhistoryfestival.org
That is all I can say for now...
Sign up to the mailing list www.cirencesterhistoryfestival.org
Discover both the history of AND how I got along cooking with this 18th century bar-grate toasting/roasting fork from the collections of the Museum of Kitchenalia in my latest blog post.
Link in Bio.
#hearthcooking #cookingwithfire #museumofkitchenalia #antiques
Link in Bio.
#hearthcooking #cookingwithfire #museumofkitchenalia #antiques
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Discover both the history of AND how I got along cooking with this 18th century bar-grate toasting/roasting fork from the collections of the Museum of Kitchenalia in my latest blog post.
Link in Bio.
#hearthcooking #cookingwithfire #museumofkitchenalia #antiques
Link in Bio.
#hearthcooking #cookingwithfire #museumofkitchenalia #antiques
Discover how Riddle Bread was made on a genuine Riddle Board from the collections of the Museum of Kitchenalia.
Visit the Blog at museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog
The history of this particular board makes this a prized object in my collection of over 400 objects.
#foodhistory
@HistoryThreads
Visit the Blog at museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog
The history of this particular board makes this a prized object in my collection of over 400 objects.
#foodhistory
@HistoryThreads
June 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Discover how Riddle Bread was made on a genuine Riddle Board from the collections of the Museum of Kitchenalia.
Visit the Blog at museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog
The history of this particular board makes this a prized object in my collection of over 400 objects.
#foodhistory
@HistoryThreads
Visit the Blog at museumofkitchenalia.co.uk/museum-blog
The history of this particular board makes this a prized object in my collection of over 400 objects.
#foodhistory
@HistoryThreads
I came across one of these when visiting a Mexican village.It's a traditional Mayan Pib - a method of cooking I'm writing about for some learning resources.Underground ovens traverse many cultures, but I've never created one myself.
Has anyone done this? I'd love to know.
#ancientcooking
Has anyone done this? I'd love to know.
#ancientcooking
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I came across one of these when visiting a Mexican village.It's a traditional Mayan Pib - a method of cooking I'm writing about for some learning resources.Underground ovens traverse many cultures, but I've never created one myself.
Has anyone done this? I'd love to know.
#ancientcooking
Has anyone done this? I'd love to know.
#ancientcooking
Just started developing a new set of 5 block lessons around the Archaeology of food for the online learning site I work for.
The first is the archaeology of cooking &baking.Most of the objects here from my collection date to the late 1700s,1800s.So,I have to work back quite a long way!
#Archaeology
The first is the archaeology of cooking &baking.Most of the objects here from my collection date to the late 1700s,1800s.So,I have to work back quite a long way!
#Archaeology
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just started developing a new set of 5 block lessons around the Archaeology of food for the online learning site I work for.
The first is the archaeology of cooking &baking.Most of the objects here from my collection date to the late 1700s,1800s.So,I have to work back quite a long way!
#Archaeology
The first is the archaeology of cooking &baking.Most of the objects here from my collection date to the late 1700s,1800s.So,I have to work back quite a long way!
#Archaeology
Join me Live! (or later on catch up) on Talk Radio Europe.
Stream from www.talkradioeurope.com/ Tomorrow (Weds)just after 2pm. I'll be chatting about Medieval food& my new book Wortes and All.Here's a posset pot & some of its ingredients to get you in the mood. @tre.radio
#medieval
Stream from www.talkradioeurope.com/ Tomorrow (Weds)just after 2pm. I'll be chatting about Medieval food& my new book Wortes and All.Here's a posset pot & some of its ingredients to get you in the mood. @tre.radio
#medieval
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join me Live! (or later on catch up) on Talk Radio Europe.
Stream from www.talkradioeurope.com/ Tomorrow (Weds)just after 2pm. I'll be chatting about Medieval food& my new book Wortes and All.Here's a posset pot & some of its ingredients to get you in the mood. @tre.radio
#medieval
Stream from www.talkradioeurope.com/ Tomorrow (Weds)just after 2pm. I'll be chatting about Medieval food& my new book Wortes and All.Here's a posset pot & some of its ingredients to get you in the mood. @tre.radio
#medieval
For thousands of years corn has been the most valued crop in Mexico. It would have been consumed in various ways in the ancient coastal city of Tulum(real name,Zama). Here I am exploring the ruins while enjoying some esquites in the modern town, built up around the old site. #Archaeology
#mexico
#mexico
May 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For thousands of years corn has been the most valued crop in Mexico. It would have been consumed in various ways in the ancient coastal city of Tulum(real name,Zama). Here I am exploring the ruins while enjoying some esquites in the modern town, built up around the old site. #Archaeology
#mexico
#mexico
The other day at the Chocolate Museum in Playa del Carmem,which regrettably has no social media presence but great displays & shop. Couldn't stop myself acquiring one of these beautifully crafted Batidora for my collection.
#Chocolate
#Mexico
#adarkhistoryofchocolate
#museumofkitchenalia
#Chocolate
#Mexico
#adarkhistoryofchocolate
#museumofkitchenalia
May 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The other day at the Chocolate Museum in Playa del Carmem,which regrettably has no social media presence but great displays & shop. Couldn't stop myself acquiring one of these beautifully crafted Batidora for my collection.
#Chocolate
#Mexico
#adarkhistoryofchocolate
#museumofkitchenalia
#Chocolate
#Mexico
#adarkhistoryofchocolate
#museumofkitchenalia
Made the most decadent strawberry ice cream yesterday from a great recipe by Felicity Cloake, inspired by Agnes Marshall. Doesn't last long in the dish, & what a dish this is from my collection - A 1930s 'Jade Ware' stunner. Complete with 1940s 'Nutbrown' ice cream scoop.
#museumofkitchenalia
#museumofkitchenalia
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Made the most decadent strawberry ice cream yesterday from a great recipe by Felicity Cloake, inspired by Agnes Marshall. Doesn't last long in the dish, & what a dish this is from my collection - A 1930s 'Jade Ware' stunner. Complete with 1940s 'Nutbrown' ice cream scoop.
#museumofkitchenalia
#museumofkitchenalia
A few days of much needed alone time
AND after months of planning slog, I finally submitted my Funding Application to make #museumofkitchenalia more accessible to the public, (worth a try!) Made this bad boy this morning, using all my best sweet pastry skills, for the other 2 bad boys in my life.
AND after months of planning slog, I finally submitted my Funding Application to make #museumofkitchenalia more accessible to the public, (worth a try!) Made this bad boy this morning, using all my best sweet pastry skills, for the other 2 bad boys in my life.
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A few days of much needed alone time
AND after months of planning slog, I finally submitted my Funding Application to make #museumofkitchenalia more accessible to the public, (worth a try!) Made this bad boy this morning, using all my best sweet pastry skills, for the other 2 bad boys in my life.
AND after months of planning slog, I finally submitted my Funding Application to make #museumofkitchenalia more accessible to the public, (worth a try!) Made this bad boy this morning, using all my best sweet pastry skills, for the other 2 bad boys in my life.
For kudos,expertise & knowledge,"Repast:The Story of Food" (kindly sent to me as an advance copy by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social ),has the perfect ingredients - writer & food journalist @jennylinford.bsky.social & my former employer @BritishMuseum It also has exquisite style & elegance.Out 24 April.
April 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
For kudos,expertise & knowledge,"Repast:The Story of Food" (kindly sent to me as an advance copy by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social ),has the perfect ingredients - writer & food journalist @jennylinford.bsky.social & my former employer @BritishMuseum It also has exquisite style & elegance.Out 24 April.
Very pleasant day yesterday at @nationaltrust.org.uk in Croome.Rewind to my last visit here in 2020 when I was filming all about the black pear for #BBCCcountryfile with Anita Rani. Highlights were the best slice of Victoria Sponge I've had in a while & spotting the famous cockerell umbrella stand.
April 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Very pleasant day yesterday at @nationaltrust.org.uk in Croome.Rewind to my last visit here in 2020 when I was filming all about the black pear for #BBCCcountryfile with Anita Rani. Highlights were the best slice of Victoria Sponge I've had in a while & spotting the famous cockerell umbrella stand.
Happy nearly Easter! Here's a late Victorian wooden stamp to mark Hot Cross Buns from my collection. An almost identical one c. 1860 appeared in the press in the 1950s, from Peterborough Museum. Another metal one resides at Cothele,Cornwall @nationaltrust.org.uk 🐣
#Easter
#museumofkitchenalia
#Easter
#museumofkitchenalia
April 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy nearly Easter! Here's a late Victorian wooden stamp to mark Hot Cross Buns from my collection. An almost identical one c. 1860 appeared in the press in the 1950s, from Peterborough Museum. Another metal one resides at Cothele,Cornwall @nationaltrust.org.uk 🐣
#Easter
#museumofkitchenalia
#Easter
#museumofkitchenalia
Easter weekend countdown & my book,Wortes & All:Medieval Cooking is arriving just in time, tomorrow, 15 April!You can listen to me talking all about it live around 2pm Wednesday 30 April on Talk Radio Europe.We'll even be chatting through one of the recipes in the book.Could it be Posset?.. #history
April 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Easter weekend countdown & my book,Wortes & All:Medieval Cooking is arriving just in time, tomorrow, 15 April!You can listen to me talking all about it live around 2pm Wednesday 30 April on Talk Radio Europe.We'll even be chatting through one of the recipes in the book.Could it be Posset?.. #history
A lovely little first review of my new book Wortes & All: Medieval Cooking in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social tarchaeology.bsky.social magazine
Out 15th April with Amberley Publishing
Head on over to my Facebook page to find out whether you've won a copy!
#History
#medieval
#museumofkitchenalia
Out 15th April with Amberley Publishing
Head on over to my Facebook page to find out whether you've won a copy!
#History
#medieval
#museumofkitchenalia
April 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A lovely little first review of my new book Wortes & All: Medieval Cooking in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social tarchaeology.bsky.social magazine
Out 15th April with Amberley Publishing
Head on over to my Facebook page to find out whether you've won a copy!
#History
#medieval
#museumofkitchenalia
Out 15th April with Amberley Publishing
Head on over to my Facebook page to find out whether you've won a copy!
#History
#medieval
#museumofkitchenalia
Last chance to win yourself a copy of my new book. An easy read about Medieval food & cooking. Just visit my new Facebook page. Link in BIO. FOLLOW & LIKE my page & comment 'I'm a winner' in original competition post. Closes at 3pm Friday 4th April ! ☘️
#foodhistory
#foodhistory
April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Last chance to win yourself a copy of my new book. An easy read about Medieval food & cooking. Just visit my new Facebook page. Link in BIO. FOLLOW & LIKE my page & comment 'I'm a winner' in original competition post. Closes at 3pm Friday 4th April ! ☘️
#foodhistory
#foodhistory
Visit my new Facebook page. Direct link in BIO.
THEN - LIKE & FOLLOW my new Facebook page.
THEN in the Wortes and All competition post, comment 'I'm a Winner'. Make sure you LIKE,FOLLOW & comment.
First 2 names drawn will WIN a FREE copy of my new book. UK only
ENDS FRIDAY 4th APRIL at 3pm. #free
THEN - LIKE & FOLLOW my new Facebook page.
THEN in the Wortes and All competition post, comment 'I'm a Winner'. Make sure you LIKE,FOLLOW & comment.
First 2 names drawn will WIN a FREE copy of my new book. UK only
ENDS FRIDAY 4th APRIL at 3pm. #free
March 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Visit my new Facebook page. Direct link in BIO.
THEN - LIKE & FOLLOW my new Facebook page.
THEN in the Wortes and All competition post, comment 'I'm a Winner'. Make sure you LIKE,FOLLOW & comment.
First 2 names drawn will WIN a FREE copy of my new book. UK only
ENDS FRIDAY 4th APRIL at 3pm. #free
THEN - LIKE & FOLLOW my new Facebook page.
THEN in the Wortes and All competition post, comment 'I'm a Winner'. Make sure you LIKE,FOLLOW & comment.
First 2 names drawn will WIN a FREE copy of my new book. UK only
ENDS FRIDAY 4th APRIL at 3pm. #free
It's allegedly supposed to be a bit of a scorcher here this weekend, just like this latest acquisition to my collection. A truly exquisite 19th century flummery mould. The museum has a new FB page. Please follow me. www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Hope you get some scorchio your way today🌞
March 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It's allegedly supposed to be a bit of a scorcher here this weekend, just like this latest acquisition to my collection. A truly exquisite 19th century flummery mould. The museum has a new FB page. Please follow me. www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Hope you get some scorchio your way today🌞
My new book. A nifty little guide to food, drink & cooking in the Medieval period. Out 15 April. Available to preorder now from Amberley Publishing!
#Medieval
#foodhistory
#history
#archaeology
#foodanddrink
#Medieval
#foodhistory
#history
#archaeology
#foodanddrink
March 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My new book. A nifty little guide to food, drink & cooking in the Medieval period. Out 15 April. Available to preorder now from Amberley Publishing!
#Medieval
#foodhistory
#history
#archaeology
#foodanddrink
#Medieval
#foodhistory
#history
#archaeology
#foodanddrink
This tea caddy from my collection is from the 18000s with zinc lined twin compartments...And, just here to show off my 'healthy' double chocolate - butter, sugar & flour free cupcakes!
#museumofkitchenalia
#history
#museumofkitchenalia
#history
March 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This tea caddy from my collection is from the 18000s with zinc lined twin compartments...And, just here to show off my 'healthy' double chocolate - butter, sugar & flour free cupcakes!
#museumofkitchenalia
#history
#museumofkitchenalia
#history