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🧀✨ Serve It Forth – Christmas Bonus Episode TOMORROW! ✨🧀
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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
There are just 2 days to go tol the @serveitforthfest.bsky.social with @mrssbilton.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me!
I'm going to be looking at the food and drink in Charles Dickens's spookier Xmas stories.
Tickets are £5 + booking fee.
Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-christma...
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).
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:
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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...
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
Join @mrssbilton.bsky.social, @alessandrapino.bsky.social & me for @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Christmas special called 'A Christmas Feast of the Uncanny'.
It's on 11 Dec & it's online.
Tickets are £5 + booking fee & are available here:
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✨ 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... 🖤
Did you had a listen to this?
Together with @alessandrapino.bsky.social we explore the connection between food and revolution in South America. Wine and Empanadas for everyone?
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#food #revolution #southamerica #empanadas #venezuela #chile #cuba
Did you miss @serveitforthfest.bsky.social last month?
Well, some of the pre-records are available to view on the YouTube channel - including my real-time demo of my accidental signature dish: devilled chicken livers.
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A big cheer too to Netherton Foundry and @steenbergs.bsky.social for their sponsorship and support, and to our wonderful guests: Tom Parker Bowle, Dan O'Brien @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social Ewan Fernie and Emma Smith.
Bring on the next one!
The dust has begun to settle on the first @serveitforthfest.bsky.social and what a day it was.
Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and for your kind words @mrssbilton.bsky.social @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I are so glad you enjoyed the day.
A carafe with a wine cocktail from inspired from ancient Greece and a cocktail glass in the front.
A screenshot with the four of us cracking open our cocktails!
Sam Bilton's sherry based cocktail with a prune
A screenshot of my face during my talk about the famous chefs of the ancient world!
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
Loved every minute of @serveitforthfest.bsky.social and thank you to @drdan.bsky.social for sharing the stage with me on this weird and wonderful journey along the Thames, one full of death and food.
"Serve It Forth" is happening tomorrow from 10:30!
A little independent, online Food History Festival that is organised by four foodies and historians! Me, @neilbuttery.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @alessandrapino.bsky.social doing our first event together, hope everyone enjoys the talks!
The first Serve it Forth Food History Festival is TOMORROW! Not got your ticket yet? Book via Eventbrite and use the offer code SERVE25 at checkout to get 25% off.
(Recordings are available after the event if you miss bits or want to watch again!)
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Just 4 DAYS until the first @serveitforthfest.bsky.social on 18 October via Zoom.
You can still get your ticket! Get 25% off with code SERVE25.
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What flavour combinations or unusual ingredients have surprised you when cooking historical foods? Sam Bilton's was sugar in savoury foods.
Join
@mrssbilton.bsky.social
@deliciouslegacy.bsky.social
@alessandrapino.bsky.social & me
& our guests for @serveitforthfest.bsky.social on 18 Oct
Use the offer code SERVE25 at checkout to get 25% off the ticket price!
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Got your ticket for @serveitforthfest.bsky.social on 18 Oct?
Early bird discount of 25% off ends tomorrow (15 Sept), so don't hang about!
Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-f...
In this bonus episode of Fear Feasts presents @serveitforthfest.bsky.social
I share how I found my way into food history and why I’m curious about the foods people make and the meanings behind them. 🍞📖🍇
Listen on all podcast platforms 🎧
#ServeItForthFest
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In case you've missed it, I have a new episode, about the Serve It Forth Food history fest. Four food historians!
@mrssbilton.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social and @neilbuttery.bsky.social
joined me to chat about food disasters, myths & our origin stories!
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Hello there everyone!
Here’s a quick special bonus episode of the podcast for you – the lowdown on @serveitforthfest.bsky.social 2025, sponsored by the excellent Netherton Foundry. It’s available on all podcast apps
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The first @serveitforthfest.bsky.social Food History Festival is on 18 Oct and ONLINE!
It will be a day of talks, discussions, food demos and (most importantly) cocktails!
Get your early bird tickets with 25% off the ticket price!
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Check this out!!
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Can’t wait for this!!
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Talks, ghosts, recipes, and tasty history online from your kitchen.