The Book of Household Management, by Isabella...

Let's sit up straight and get sleepy with more from this essential guide to respectful, refined living. This time, treating servants humanely, announcing names, and hosting all manner of tea parties, including what can and can't be served before tipping into reception territory. ...  Show more

Let's saw some sleepy wood with more from this guide to getting crafty. This time, we finish fitting out our workshop with custom benches, cabinets and helpful devices, store our tools neatly, and eschew the useless dazzle of fancy toolchests. Efficiency, and the amateur's pocket ...  Show more

Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: kitchen & cooking ambience 🥒🍳 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll learn all about Isabella Beeton, whose cookbook became a household essential in Victorian Britain. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Nostalgia, Chil ...  Show more

Our story tonight is called Supper Club and it’s a story about adventures in cooking and friendship. It’s also about less being more, a bubbling pandowdy, and the patience it takes to carefully fold a dumpling.Buy the book: https://www.nothingmuchhappens.com/book-storeGet beautif ...  Show more

Narrator: Elizabeth Grace 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: blustery wind 💨 Includes mentions of: Food, Cooking, Alcohol, Winter.  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have a soothing story about a woman named Magali preparing a traditional winter’s meal from the Prove ...  Show more

Our story tonight is called Recipe Testing, and it’s a story about a quiet afternoon at home, preparing for the holidays. It’s also about leaves raked into piles in the backyard, cranberries and pastry flour, the incredible softness of a dog’s ears, soup pots and sage, and the co ...  Show more