Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born #OTD, 26 March. A notable figure in Scotland’s 20th-century literary renaissance, she wrote on suffrage, politics, food, heritage, & folklore – including the recipe and food-heritage book THE SCOTS KITCHEN, and THE SILVER BOUGH, a 4-volume study of Scottish festivals & folk-belief
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https://www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/florence-marian-mcneill
“Florence Marian McNeill had curated and created a book that had become an iconic, cultural bequest at a personal family level”
—Amanda Edmiston explores the legacy of F. Marian McNeill’s classic cookbook THE SCOTS KITCHEN
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/dreaming-bread-and-flourishing-folklore/
NEW – Birlinn has just published a new edition of F. Marian McNeill’s A SCOTS KITCHEN, edited & introduced by Catherine Brown & illustrated by Iain McIntosh
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“This is a perfect, hearty, oat-y bread with a lovely ginger flavor. It’s delicious and moist when fresh, but still excellent toasted and buttered the next day”
The History in the Making website shares F. Marian McNeill’s recipe for Broonie – a traditional oatmeal gingerbread from Orkney
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