Happy first day of autumn, friends! I am currently beset by pears. I hope you’re experiencing abundance in your life (and would welcome pear recipes.)
Last week I devoured the book How To Be A Tudor, written by historian Ruth Goodman, where I encountered this statistic: in Tudor times, the total cost of food added up to around 80% of a household’s income…
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