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  1. Spiced Strawberry Tart Spiced Strawberry Tart - Jane Parker, 1651 adapted from The Good Huswife’s Jewell, 1587 I was drawn to this recipe because it involved spicing strawberries and baking them in pastry, both details being so different from how we tend to use strawberries today. Originally, I was delighted to find the recipe in Jane Parker’s manuscript recipe book¹ but some […]

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