Mooncake

Mooncake is made and enjoyed in China during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Festival’s origins date to the 1600s BCE, and in the past it encouraged people to moon-watch. Today it’s mostly a time to gather with friends and family over large meals. However, many people have not forgotten that the Festival is linked to myths […]

The History Of The English Breakfast

“To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a day.” W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) Travelling anywhere in the UK, it becomes pretty clear that the “Full English Breakfast” is an important part of the culture. In fact, they take it so seriously that there is an English Breakfast Society which provides the […]