Sam Bilton
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
Food Historian, Writer & Presenter of the award winning Comfortably Hungry podcast & also the A is for Apple https://linktr.ee/sambilton
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It’s beginning to smell a lot like chocolate on this Valentine’s Day!
I’m delighted to announce that my series of lectures for the great courses on the History of Chocolate are available now on Audible!
#audible
#greatcourses
#chocolate
#foodhistory
@pastpreservers.bsky.social
I’m delighted to announce that my series of lectures for the great courses on the History of Chocolate are available now on Audible!
#audible
#greatcourses
#chocolate
#foodhistory
@pastpreservers.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
It’s beginning to smell a lot like chocolate on this Valentine’s Day!
I’m delighted to announce that my series of lectures for the great courses on the History of Chocolate are available now on Audible!
#audible
#greatcourses
#chocolate
#foodhistory
@pastpreservers.bsky.social
I’m delighted to announce that my series of lectures for the great courses on the History of Chocolate are available now on Audible!
#audible
#greatcourses
#chocolate
#foodhistory
@pastpreservers.bsky.social
The latest episode of the podcast explores the history of bog butter found in Ireland’s peat bogs. Some of these finds date back to the Bronze Age!
Image courtesy of The National Museum of Ireland.
Image courtesy of The National Museum of Ireland.
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The latest episode of the podcast explores the history of bog butter found in Ireland’s peat bogs. Some of these finds date back to the Bronze Age!
Image courtesy of The National Museum of Ireland.
Image courtesy of The National Museum of Ireland.
Reposted by Sam Bilton
Thanks to @mrssbilton.bsky.social for inviting me to chat about my book on the Comfortably Hungry podcast comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s4e5-in-th...
S4E5 In the Land of Ninkasi
Listen now | with Dr Tate Paulette
comfortablyhungry.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Thanks to @mrssbilton.bsky.social for inviting me to chat about my book on the Comfortably Hungry podcast comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s4e5-in-th...
On this Burns Night can I tempt you with a bowl of neeps & tatties soup with crispy haggis? Perhaps with a wedge of cheese & onion soda bread (more to follow on that in a future substack).
I added a touch of fresh ginger to this soup which gives it a pleasing warmth.
#burnsnight
I added a touch of fresh ginger to this soup which gives it a pleasing warmth.
#burnsnight
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
On this Burns Night can I tempt you with a bowl of neeps & tatties soup with crispy haggis? Perhaps with a wedge of cheese & onion soda bread (more to follow on that in a future substack).
I added a touch of fresh ginger to this soup which gives it a pleasing warmth.
#burnsnight
I added a touch of fresh ginger to this soup which gives it a pleasing warmth.
#burnsnight
Steamed Coconut & Lime Marmalade Pudding
I’m a bit of a sucker for a steamed pudding in the winter months, aren’t you?
Last week’s podcast episode featuring the Lime Run on the Grand Union Canal inspired this recipe for the lovely paid subscribers to the Comfortably Hungry podcast.
Link in bio
I’m a bit of a sucker for a steamed pudding in the winter months, aren’t you?
Last week’s podcast episode featuring the Lime Run on the Grand Union Canal inspired this recipe for the lovely paid subscribers to the Comfortably Hungry podcast.
Link in bio
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Steamed Coconut & Lime Marmalade Pudding
I’m a bit of a sucker for a steamed pudding in the winter months, aren’t you?
Last week’s podcast episode featuring the Lime Run on the Grand Union Canal inspired this recipe for the lovely paid subscribers to the Comfortably Hungry podcast.
Link in bio
I’m a bit of a sucker for a steamed pudding in the winter months, aren’t you?
Last week’s podcast episode featuring the Lime Run on the Grand Union Canal inspired this recipe for the lovely paid subscribers to the Comfortably Hungry podcast.
Link in bio
Reposted by Sam Bilton
Why do certain nationalities have close associations with certain foods? And what does this tell us about early modern English attitudes to foreigners?
Listen to this & much more, in my fascinating interview with @mrssbilton.bsky.social about food & Shakespeare!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Listen to this & much more, in my fascinating interview with @mrssbilton.bsky.social about food & Shakespeare!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Food, Foreigners and Shakespeare
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 07/01/2026 · 1h 23m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Why do certain nationalities have close associations with certain foods? And what does this tell us about early modern English attitudes to foreigners?
Listen to this & much more, in my fascinating interview with @mrssbilton.bsky.social about food & Shakespeare!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Listen to this & much more, in my fascinating interview with @mrssbilton.bsky.social about food & Shakespeare!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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🧀✨ Serve It Forth – Christmas Bonus Episode TOMORROW! ✨🧀
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Come along for this special Serve It Forth Christmas Bonus Edition on
📅 11 December
⏰ 7:00–8:45pm GMT
with @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Come along for this special Serve It Forth Christmas Bonus Edition on
📅 11 December
⏰ 7:00–8:45pm GMT
with @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny
Serve it Forth Food History Festival invites you to an evening exploring the eerie side of Yuletide food traditions.
www.eventbrite.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🧀✨ Serve It Forth – Christmas Bonus Episode TOMORROW! ✨🧀
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Come along for this special Serve It Forth Christmas Bonus Edition on
📅 11 December
⏰ 7:00–8:45pm GMT
with @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Come along for this special Serve It Forth Christmas Bonus Edition on
📅 11 December
⏰ 7:00–8:45pm GMT
with @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
The latest episode of the Comfortably Hungry podcast is out now where I explore the history of ‘taking the waters’ and healing wells.
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The latest episode of the Comfortably Hungry podcast is out now where I explore the history of ‘taking the waters’ and healing wells.
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This Thursday is the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special with:
@alessandrapino.bsky.social
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
& me!
7pm - be there or be taken away by greedy goblins!
Tickets are £5 plus booking fee. Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
@alessandrapino.bsky.social
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
& me!
7pm - be there or be taken away by greedy goblins!
Tickets are £5 plus booking fee. Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This Thursday is the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special with:
@alessandrapino.bsky.social
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
& me!
7pm - be there or be taken away by greedy goblins!
Tickets are £5 plus booking fee. Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
@alessandrapino.bsky.social
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
& me!
7pm - be there or be taken away by greedy goblins!
Tickets are £5 plus booking fee. Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
I recently consulted @kitchenwitchjb to find what cheese could tell me about my past, present and future. It was a truly fascinating experience.
Find out how @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I got on at the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social at A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny. Link in bio!
Find out how @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I got on at the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social at A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny. Link in bio!
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I recently consulted @kitchenwitchjb to find what cheese could tell me about my past, present and future. It was a truly fascinating experience.
Find out how @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I got on at the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social at A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny. Link in bio!
Find out how @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I got on at the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social at A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny. Link in bio!
Reposted by Sam Bilton
Come to the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special where @alessandrapino.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social and I will be delving into the dark side of Christmas food.
It's at 7pm on 11 December. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
It's at 7pm on 11 December. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Come to the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special where @alessandrapino.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social and I will be delving into the dark side of Christmas food.
It's at 7pm on 11 December. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
It's at 7pm on 11 December. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
What are you serving with your Christmas pudding?
Here’s a suggestion for you.
Here’s a suggestion for you.
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What are you serving with your Christmas pudding?
Here’s a suggestion for you.
Here’s a suggestion for you.
Reposted by Sam Bilton
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social , @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me on 11 Dec for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas Special, looking at the dark side of Christmas food. I'll be focusing on the Xmas stories of Charles Dickens.
It's going to be great fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
It's going to be great fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social , @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me on 11 Dec for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas Special, looking at the dark side of Christmas food. I'll be focusing on the Xmas stories of Charles Dickens.
It's going to be great fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
It's going to be great fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
I’ve created a couple of wild rice recipes for my paid subscribers.
First up is a wild rice & roasted squash salad with dried cranberries & pecans which mirror the nuttiness of the rice.
Then there’s a wild rice pudding inspired by an 1854 recipe by Catharine Parr Traill.
First up is a wild rice & roasted squash salad with dried cranberries & pecans which mirror the nuttiness of the rice.
Then there’s a wild rice pudding inspired by an 1854 recipe by Catharine Parr Traill.
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I’ve created a couple of wild rice recipes for my paid subscribers.
First up is a wild rice & roasted squash salad with dried cranberries & pecans which mirror the nuttiness of the rice.
Then there’s a wild rice pudding inspired by an 1854 recipe by Catharine Parr Traill.
First up is a wild rice & roasted squash salad with dried cranberries & pecans which mirror the nuttiness of the rice.
Then there’s a wild rice pudding inspired by an 1854 recipe by Catharine Parr Traill.
Do you like a spooky story at Christmas time? If so join me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social & @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social at the next @serveitforthfest.bsky.social event for a Christmas Feast of the Uncanny on 11 December 2025
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Do you like a spooky story at Christmas time? If so join me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social & @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social at the next @serveitforthfest.bsky.social event for a Christmas Feast of the Uncanny on 11 December 2025
Let there be light!
Once you’ve made your plum pudding it seems rude not to flambé it!
If you didn’t make your pudding this weekend and would like the recipe for my Medlar Plum Pudding you can find it over on the NEW Comfortably Hungry YouTube channel (link in bio).
Once you’ve made your plum pudding it seems rude not to flambé it!
If you didn’t make your pudding this weekend and would like the recipe for my Medlar Plum Pudding you can find it over on the NEW Comfortably Hungry YouTube channel (link in bio).
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Let there be light!
Once you’ve made your plum pudding it seems rude not to flambé it!
If you didn’t make your pudding this weekend and would like the recipe for my Medlar Plum Pudding you can find it over on the NEW Comfortably Hungry YouTube channel (link in bio).
Once you’ve made your plum pudding it seems rude not to flambé it!
If you didn’t make your pudding this weekend and would like the recipe for my Medlar Plum Pudding you can find it over on the NEW Comfortably Hungry YouTube channel (link in bio).
Reposted by Sam Bilton
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social special 'Christmas Feast of the Uncanny' online & on 11 December
Ghosts, goblins, elves & their relationship to food at Christmas time
Tickets are £5 via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Ghosts, goblins, elves & their relationship to food at Christmas time
Tickets are £5 via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny
Serve it Forth Food History Festival invites you to an evening exploring the eerie side of Yuletide food traditions.
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me for a @serveitforthfest.bsky.social special 'Christmas Feast of the Uncanny' online & on 11 December
Ghosts, goblins, elves & their relationship to food at Christmas time
Tickets are £5 via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Ghosts, goblins, elves & their relationship to food at Christmas time
Tickets are £5 via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
Missed Stir Up Sunday? Never fear! I've made a short video (with recipe) on how to make a traditional plum pudding for Christmas. You can find it now on my NEW YouTube channel youtu.be/R4u3IREbWLw
Stir Up Sunday - How to make a traditional Christmas pudding
YouTube video by Comfortably Hungry Podcast with Sam Bilton
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Missed Stir Up Sunday? Never fear! I've made a short video (with recipe) on how to make a traditional plum pudding for Christmas. You can find it now on my NEW YouTube channel youtu.be/R4u3IREbWLw
Reposted by Sam Bilton
✨ Dark Feasts: The Sinister Side of Festive Dining ✨
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
✨ Dark Feasts: The Sinister Side of Festive Dining ✨
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
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A new episode of The British Food History Podcast is now live!
Shakespearean Food & Drink with @mrssbilton.bsky.social
Sam’s beautiful book Much Ado About Cooking published by Headline and commissioned by The Globe is out now!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Shakespearean Food & Drink with @mrssbilton.bsky.social
Sam’s beautiful book Much Ado About Cooking published by Headline and commissioned by The Globe is out now!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Shakespearean Food & Drink with Sam Bilton
Podcast Episode · The British Food History Podcast · 05/11/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A new episode of The British Food History Podcast is now live!
Shakespearean Food & Drink with @mrssbilton.bsky.social
Sam’s beautiful book Much Ado About Cooking published by Headline and commissioned by The Globe is out now!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Shakespearean Food & Drink with @mrssbilton.bsky.social
Sam’s beautiful book Much Ado About Cooking published by Headline and commissioned by The Globe is out now!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
In this week’s podcast episode I look at some of the less well known foods mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays namely sack, medlars and Banbury cheese.
Joining me are Victoria González-Gordon from Gonzalez Byass wines, Jane Steward of Eastgate larder and Ned Palmer of cheese tasting Co
Joining me are Victoria González-Gordon from Gonzalez Byass wines, Jane Steward of Eastgate larder and Ned Palmer of cheese tasting Co
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In this week’s podcast episode I look at some of the less well known foods mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays namely sack, medlars and Banbury cheese.
Joining me are Victoria González-Gordon from Gonzalez Byass wines, Jane Steward of Eastgate larder and Ned Palmer of cheese tasting Co
Joining me are Victoria González-Gordon from Gonzalez Byass wines, Jane Steward of Eastgate larder and Ned Palmer of cheese tasting Co
Reposted by Sam Bilton
@mrssbilton.bsky.social’s ‘Much ado about cooking’ publication is taking centre stage in my collection of #Shakespeare related #cookery and #food #books! Love it!
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@mrssbilton.bsky.social’s ‘Much ado about cooking’ publication is taking centre stage in my collection of #Shakespeare related #cookery and #food #books! Love it!
Reposted by Sam Bilton
A confectioner remakes his dead wife in sugar, perfect and edible, then serves her to others. Obsession never tasted so horrific.
🍬 #AScareADay #SweetSubtleties
@romgothsam.bsky.social #LisaLHannett
Listen to it here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_12b/
🍬 #AScareADay #SweetSubtleties
@romgothsam.bsky.social #LisaLHannett
Listen to it here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_12b/
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A confectioner remakes his dead wife in sugar, perfect and edible, then serves her to others. Obsession never tasted so horrific.
🍬 #AScareADay #SweetSubtleties
@romgothsam.bsky.social #LisaLHannett
Listen to it here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_12b/
🍬 #AScareADay #SweetSubtleties
@romgothsam.bsky.social #LisaLHannett
Listen to it here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_12b/
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Sam Bilton
And that's a wrap for the inaugural Serve It Forth Food History Festival! A day of food history talks, video recipes and cocktails with some amazing guests and my lovely co-hosts @neilbuttery.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And that's a wrap for the inaugural Serve It Forth Food History Festival! A day of food history talks, video recipes and cocktails with some amazing guests and my lovely co-hosts @neilbuttery.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social