Add to ORKGAmanda E. Herbert Hans Sloane by Stephen Slaughter, 1736, National Portrait Gallery, London. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. When it comes to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century culinary recipes, Hans Sloane (1660-1753), the famed doctor, naturalist, and collector, is best known for his chocolate. Sloane lived briefly in Jamaica, where he observed many people drinking liquid cacao; upon his return to Britain, Sloane adapted the recipe for metropolitan consumers. (This was apparently suc..
The eighteenth-century witnessed rapid growth in the consumption of exotic goods in Britain; not jus...
By Jennifer Park In Robert Allott’s edited prose commonplace book, Wits Theater of the Little World ...
This article examines the relationship between Hans Sloane (1660–1753) and Samuel Pepys (1633–1703),...
By Lisa Smith In the hunt for good health, early modern sick people often recorded the prescriptions...
Sir Hans Sloane's Correspondence Online provides access to the letters of Hans Sloane (1660-1753), c...
By Amanda E. Herbert Ingredients in Eighteenth-Century Chocolate, Courtesy of the Historic Foodways...
Collecting recipes was an established tradition that continued in elite English households throughou...
During his long life, Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) amassed an immense and diverse collection, perhaps...
By R.A. Kashanipour The Indies, personified as a maiden, give the gift of chocolate to the A...
By Amy Tigner From the 1640s, recipes for chocolate drinks had been printed in English language book...
By R.A. Kashanipour In A New Survey of the West-Indies of 1655, the English friar Thomas Gage celebr...
During the seventeenth century, the English were integrating foreign foods into their lives at an un...
By R.A. Kashanipour Image 1 - Gifts of the locals. In this image appears as the frontpiece of a G...
Cacao and chocolate were first introduced to Europe both as food and medicine. However, physicians h...
By Katherine Allen Creating a database is a valuable (though time-consuming!) methodological approac...
The eighteenth-century witnessed rapid growth in the consumption of exotic goods in Britain; not jus...
By Jennifer Park In Robert Allott’s edited prose commonplace book, Wits Theater of the Little World ...
This article examines the relationship between Hans Sloane (1660–1753) and Samuel Pepys (1633–1703),...
By Lisa Smith In the hunt for good health, early modern sick people often recorded the prescriptions...
Sir Hans Sloane's Correspondence Online provides access to the letters of Hans Sloane (1660-1753), c...
By Amanda E. Herbert Ingredients in Eighteenth-Century Chocolate, Courtesy of the Historic Foodways...
Collecting recipes was an established tradition that continued in elite English households throughou...
During his long life, Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) amassed an immense and diverse collection, perhaps...
By R.A. Kashanipour The Indies, personified as a maiden, give the gift of chocolate to the A...
By Amy Tigner From the 1640s, recipes for chocolate drinks had been printed in English language book...
By R.A. Kashanipour In A New Survey of the West-Indies of 1655, the English friar Thomas Gage celebr...
During the seventeenth century, the English were integrating foreign foods into their lives at an un...
By R.A. Kashanipour Image 1 - Gifts of the locals. In this image appears as the frontpiece of a G...
Cacao and chocolate were first introduced to Europe both as food and medicine. However, physicians h...
By Katherine Allen Creating a database is a valuable (though time-consuming!) methodological approac...
The eighteenth-century witnessed rapid growth in the consumption of exotic goods in Britain; not jus...
By Jennifer Park In Robert Allott’s edited prose commonplace book, Wits Theater of the Little World ...
This article examines the relationship between Hans Sloane (1660–1753) and Samuel Pepys (1633–1703),...