Tasting History is the cooking show for history lovers and the history show for food lovers.
From Ancient Babylon to WWII, this is the place to learn about history’s delicious and sometimes horrific foods and their stories.
Latest Episodes
The experience of those on board the RMS Carpathia and the Titanic survivors that they rescued, and soup that might have been amongst the first foods served to the survivors
Rationing in the UK during World War II, and recipes for mock banana cream and the National Loaf
Who (and who didn’t) eat breakfast in the Middle Ages, what they ate, and a 15th century recipe for medieval Cinnamon Toast Crunch
The history of beef tea, the sustenance of choice for invalids and convalescents in the 19th century, and a recipe from 1851
The wild, crowded house parties of 18th and 19th century London, and a recipe for the delicious, dense cakes that were popular to serve at them
How people have fed and cared for their pets from ancient Rome to the Victorian Age, and a recreation of the original dog biscuit
Rationing and starvation in the Soviet Union during WWII, and a recipe from a wartime cookbook for millet and pumpkin porridge
The history of brownies from elf-like creatures to decadent chocolate baked good and a recipe from 1904
The history of clotted (or clouted) cream, and a 17th century recipe for it, an 18th century recipe for serving it, and a 20th century recipe for scones