What’s New

Listen to myself and Dr.Neil Buttery discussing all things chocolate from my latest book A Dark History of Chocolate, on his ‘British Food History’ podcast, available on all platforms, including at the link here https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast/id1577849126

Tune into my interview with cookbook author, cultural food advocate and podcast host Capri Cafaro & learn how the Romans, Vikings, French and other cultures influenced the culinary landscape of Britain, on Heritage Radio Network’s podcast Eat Your Heartland Out .https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/shared-cultural-legacies-across-oceans-and-borders

Collaborating with cookery book writer & cultural food advocate Capri Cafaro on her Tastemade livestream event focussing on the heritage of the Great British pasty! Sign up to watch and follow at https://www.tastemade.com/capri-cafaro

Click to listen to stories and conversations around my new book A Dark History of Chocolate on the Folklore, Food and Fairytales podcast.

My latest book A Dark History of Chocolate, out September 30, 2021. You can get your copy directly from my publisher https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Chocolate-Hardback/p/19247 or any great book retailer.

Listen to me chatting all about food and cooking in the eighteenth century on the John Gosling 1742 Cook Book Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KnYNPDfSj9BBoWORlY6AR

Emma is currently writing and researching four new, exciting books, covering various aspects of culinary history, to be published between 2022 and 2023 with Pen&Sword books https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/ , Amberley Publishing https://www.amberley-books.com/ and Prospect Books https://prospectbooks.co.uk/

You can now view the latest copy of the Victorian Review published by Johns Hopkins University Press online and read my article ‘ Crimes of Kitchenalia: A Miscellany of Misdeeds’, Volume 45, Number 2.
Access to this journal is currently free. Just click on the image above.
My new book, A Dark History of Chocolate is now available to pre-order from Amazon. Due for publication November 2021, with Pen and Sword Books.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-History-Chocolate-Emma-Kay/dp/1526768305/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+dark+history+of+chocolate&qid=1615709695&sr=8-1

My new book A History of British Baking: From Blood Bread to Bake-Off is available from Pen and Sword Books
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-British-Baking-Hardback/p/18010

Emma will be delivering not one, but two live historical cookery demonstrations in the Cookery theatre, demo marquee at Wakefield Food, Drink and Rhubarb Festival on Friday 21 February, 2020. For more information on this event visit https://www.experiencewakefield.co.uk/events/rhubarbfestival.aspx