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Mary-Anne Boermans

Boermans is a food historian and former finallist (Season 2) and Winner (Christmas 2016) of The Great British Baking Show. She is also an award-winning author of two books of historical British recipes, Great British Bakes and Deja Food. She maintains two recipe blogs; timetocookonline.com and DejaFood.uk, devoted to resurrecting old recipes to enjoy today. Mary-Anne lives with her family in Worcestershire, UK.
Taffety Tarts: How Folger manuscript recipes helped a 17th-century pastry make it into the Oxford English Dictionary
Taffety tarts
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Taffety Tarts: How Folger manuscript recipes helped a 17th-century pastry make it into the Oxford English Dictionary

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Mary-Anne Boermans

Food historian and The Great British Baking Show winner Mary-Anne Boermans writes about piecing together 17th-century manuscript recipes for Taffety Tarts.