We don’t have a lot of recipes that are so old. In fact, Ligaya reports, there is no documentation of hummus recipes after the 14th century until the late 19th century.

1. In a bowl large enough to hold all the topping ingredients, mix the flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon until blended. 2. Add the butter and oats to the bowl.

Dr Kate Loveman, from the University of Leicester, discovered the dessert in a pamphlet of seven recipes for chocolate dishes written in 1668 by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich.

I can’t stop staring at these socks. A pair of very, very old socks made in Egypt sometime between A.D. 250 and A.D. 420. While putting together Threaded’s Stocking Series (Parts 1, 2, 3, and ...