Biscuit recipe of the week: Threadneedle Street biscuits
In case you need biscuit-baking inspiration, we’ve been digging in our library and archives for examples of biscuit recipes you might not have come across before. Our Librarian has managed […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: Littlehampton Honey & Fig Biscuits
The second biscuit recipe of this week, by Alison Hilton, MERL Marketing Officer Sometimes I really love social media! We’d never have come across this week’s recipes had it not […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: 1940s jam biscuits
By Shira Kilgallon, UoR History Student and MERL Library Volunteer This week’s biscuit recipe comes from Ministry of Food pamphlets found in the MERL Library collections; two pamphlets have been […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: Picnic Café's famous macaroons
by Alison Hilton, Marketing Officer and biscuit sampler. Fans of Picnic Café in Reading will share my excitement about this week’s recipe, which owner, Jon Amery has kindly agreed to share. […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: Chocolate chip cookies
Another recipe to practise for the Biscuit Bake-off, written by Alison Hilton At the recent launch of the Biscuit Bake-off competition, Andrew Palmer’s wife, Davina, very kindly presented MERL staff […]
Discovering the Landscape #5: Mawson’s ‘The art & craft of garden making’ (1900)
Written by Claire Wooldridge, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant As progress continues to integrate the library and archive of the Landscape Institute into our MERL collections, here’s a brief look at […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: Anzac biscuits
Since the recent launch of our Village Fete Biscuit Bake-off , we have started publishing a biscuit recipe each week to inspire you to practise baking biscuits and to enter […]
Picture of the month #9: Lambs
After watching ‘Lambing Live’, seeing lambs in fields on my way to work and cute pictures of lambs from @herdyuk, @farmersoftheuk and many more, every time I log on to […]
Biscuit recipe of the week: Rich Traveller biscuits
Welcome to our series of biscuit recipes to inspire you to take part in the Biscuit Bake-off at the MERL Village Fete on May 31st! At the recent launch of […]
Discovering the Landscape #4: Inaugural Meeting of the LI Friends Group
Guest post written by Penny Beckett, Chair of the LI Archive Friend’s Group As followers of this blog will be aware, the Landscape Institute transferred its archive to MERL in […]