The smallest of all the Livery Companies had to be the Worshipful Company of Cooks of London . Yet they did exist, so while the clay bread o...

"What I really need is a bovine metatarsus," I said. The butcher was silent for a moment, staring at me as if sizing me up for a...

If you've been around period woodworking for any length of time, the name Peter Follansbee  will keep cropping up. He's an historic...

My friend Jon reminded me the other day of this effort to build a castle in France using artisans pursuing only the period techniques circa ...

Research is a drug for me. Mostly because it means acquiring more books and shoehorning them into the groaning shelves of my home library...