History

This blog post is from: http://bathsbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/08/sweet-cheese-cake-but-not-as-we-know-it.html Sweet Cheese Cake but not as we know it…. You will need: 130 grams plain flour 250 grams ricotta cheese 1 egg 4 bay leaves 4 tablespoons of clear honey Serves 4 Libum to be made as follows: 2 lb cheese well crushed in a…

This snippet is from a late Victorian medical book written by a (male) doctor. I just love the line: “… I am afraid the poor little uterus would be constantly skylarking from one part of the pelvis to the other.” My first thought upon reading this was that Aristotle’s theory…

I’m a research fiend. I admit it. I love the hunt for obscure facts, the thrill of discovery… far more than the tedium of actually writing the stuff down. So I spend ages sorting through ephemera on tangential subjects that will never actually imbed themselves anywhere but inside my brain…

Cyber Launch Party: Celebrating A New Release For Susanne Saville: “Today we’re celebrating the release of Susanne Saville’s HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM.Susanne enjoys caffeine – especially in coffee and tea, tra…”

Hidden History of Salem available for Pre-Order on Amazon!

May 23, 1914 Luna Park on Coney Island opens its summer season with a “spectacular” depiction of the Titanic Disaster “in three amazing acts.” Note the people falling off the end of the ship.  And the heads bobbing in the water. Way to keep it classy, Coney Island of 1914….

I’m under deadline, so I’ve been away (I apologize). Found this during research, though, and had to share. Can you imagine what being a doctor was like when the possibility of saving two-thirds of your patients was the best, most exciting thing an advertisement could say about its medicine? So…