Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 13th May 2025

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Ealing Green Church, W5 5QT

Description: Talk by Professor Rebecca Earle on the value of cookbooks as historical sources. Participants are encouraged to investigate the family histories embedded in the cookery books and notebooks containing their grandmother’s recipes that clutter their own bookshelves. Cookery books, in short, are a remarkable and powerful window into the past.

How to book: Booking is not required but those registering in advance on Eventbrite should be eligible to receive a recording of the talk after the event (subject to lecturer's permission)

Price: HA members and students free. Visitors £5

Tel: 020 8579 2174

Email: philipgwoods@outlook.com

Website: https://ealinghistory.org.uk/

Organiser: Dr Philip Woods. Secretary

Lecturer: Professor Rebecca Earle, University of Warwick

Region: London

Branch: Ealing