Folk recipes

The start of the winter solstice on Dec. 21 means the shortest day and longest night of the year. Brighten the day with one of these winter solstice recipes.

Alison Roman shares her Torn Plum Browned-Butter Cake recipe from her new book, Nothing Fancy.

herbal remedies Easy Fire Cider Recipe SKIP TO RECIPE Fire Cider is a traditional folk tonic recipe (popularized by Rosemary Gladstar) made with stewed apple cider vinegar. It is a potent (and spicy) tonic that has been used by generations as a herbal remedy to keep sickness away and boost immunity. What is fire cider? The […]

Recipe video above. This Bean Soup comes to you from El Bulli restaurant, famed in its time for topping the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list, year after year. But fear not! This is not a complex Michelin star dish. It’s a simple bean soup from the El Bulli staff cookbook, "The Family Meal".If this tasty little number is good enough for the folks behind this world class restaurant, it’s good enough for the rest of us!Don't skip the Picada. It totally makes it.

A traditional English Wassail recipe that originates from Suffolk which is a delectable hot, spiced mulled cider with sherry and port and is served with the all important baked apples. A Yorkshire version called "Lamb's Wool" is made with ale instead of cider and is served when the apples have burst, so the pulp looks like lamb's wool in the mulled ale.

To mark the blu-ray release of Midsommar, The Geeks have created 2 brand new recipes, the 1st of which is Hårgan Meat Pies similar to those seen in the movie!

If you've been around on this blog for a bit, you'll know pizza is one of my favorite things to eat. Here's a very Norwegian-tasting pizza that's super easy to make for the weekend!

Anna Jones gives Welsh cakes a savoury twist in this simple, easy recipe, studding the pastry circles with olives, herbs and capers.

These Ukrainian cabbage rolls, called holubtsi, are stuffed with pork and rice, then covered in an easy homemade tomato sauce. It's Ukrainian comfort food that everyone will love!

This traditional Cornish dish is so named because the fish heads poke through the pastry crust and appear to be gazing at the stars. But don’t worry, you don’t eat the heads, and the fish are boned to make them easy to eat.