The book-"Over A Red-Hot Stove"
I have attended several of the Leeds Symposia on Food History both at Leeds University and in the new location of York, England. The twentieth Leeds Symposium in 2005 was titled “Baking: From Cereal Crops to Oven-Baked Goods” and I was honored to have been asked to speak on Baking in a Beehive Oven. At that conference, John Letts spoke about the wheat varieties of late medieval England which he grows and tests the resultant flour in baking. Malcolm Thick followed with a presentation on the types of bread typically used in 18th century England. And Ivan Day wowed us with pictures and his talk on “Pies, pasties and pastry”. The last two presentations were by Laura Mason on Barms and Leavens-Medieval to Modern and mine on the beehive oven. At the time I wrote the paper and presented, I had fired more than 26 different bake ovens and now I have far exceeded that number.
The book , pictured on the left and edited by Ivan Day, has just been published in the Fall of 2009. It is a compilation of papers from the nineteenth and twentieth Leeds Symposia with a few additional papers. Laura Mason’s paper on barm and mine on the beehive oven are included. The book has been published by Tom Jaines’ Prospect Books and more information can be obtained from his website. www.kal69.dial.pipex.com under the heading “New Titles”.
Visit my website for more information on my next classes, demonstrations, and programs: www.hearttohearthcookery.com
February 6, 2010 Chocolate Workshop
March 20, 2010 Bolton Mansion Hearth Cooking Class
Heart to Hearth Cookery 
Thank you so very much for supplying this lovely web site. I will visit often. I live in central Texas and can only participate in 19th century goings on (though my heart is with the Rev. period). I have a wonderful old log house brought down from northern Kentucky and a large fireplace w/crane and such. My friends from Ft. Worth come once or twice a year to instruct me in hearth cooking.
I continue to collect and sew for the 18th century (and also dream).
Best Wishes,
Penny Scroggins
By: Penny Scroggins on February 24, 2010
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