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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 17h

Similar with my mom (though she wasn’t an amazing woman), she’d throw dill in the moussaka instead of oregano and in winter the moussaka was never fully cooked because she really didn’t realise in winter tomatoes and aubergines are hard as hell and need more cooking. Still love her moussaka.

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 19h

And yet… her moussaka is still my favourite food and I can’t replicate it.
Who else loves a dish their mother made that isn’t quite right but you crave it nonetheless

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 19h

My latest column has published over at Scribehound Food, a new platform bringing together 30 fantastic food writers! You can subscribe now for just 1£ the first month! You get an article a day and a wondeful archive of articles to pick and choose from!

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Serve It Forth Food History Festival @serveitforthfest.bsky.social · Aug 8

www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-f...

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 4d

I’d love to work in a museum, but high educational requirements close the door to my application as I am in nearly everything autodidact.
The ironic thing is I do get freelance assignments from museums… I can actually bring in people.

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 4d

Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing.

Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷

#Museums2025

Pay in museums - Museums Association

Read the 2024 update of our Salary Research and Recommendations to address low sector pay

www.museumsassociation.org

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks @nicmiller.bsky.social! Be sure to subscribe to her newsletter!
And if you’re considering buying this book… the new edition from 2022 has a red cover ❤️

Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 14d

I've updated and expanded my old review of Pride and Pudding by @regulaysewijn.bsky.social. This modern classic deserves a lot more time in the sun because a great cookbook is for life, not just the year of its publication!

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A timeless book on the history of British puddings

I'm updating and reposting some early book reviews originally published on my old Miller's Tale WordPress site. Although I love reading new cookbooks and frequently review them, particularly if they a...

tales-from-topographic-kitchens.ghost.io

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 17d

And the Netherlands, and Belgium too!

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 19d

A very special evening in Antwerp!
Excited to be talking to Sami!

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 20d

It’s not in my book! Will visit next time I am there!

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 20d

FASCISM… bloody dyslexia 🙄

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 20d

I turned to twitter today for the first time in ages to address a Belgian politician who like Trump and Dutch politicians want to…
Ban the anti-fasism movement ‘Antifa’.
The world is going more crazy and dangerous every day. We’re back in the 1930’s.

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 27d

Love it 🧙‍♀️

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 27d

TALK @ Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL)
05 oktober 2025 - 14:00h - tickets: www.kunstmuseum.nl/nl/bezoek/ac...

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 28d

500 pies are going fast at the museum today! There is also a beautiful booklet with the two recipes I translated from the originals by one of the Plantin Moretus women. And my waffle iron has a temporary home at the museum, next to the recipe book.

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 29d

Tomorrow at museum Plantin Moretus a taste of a 17th century pie from the records of one of the Plantin women. Do check out the new expo about the women who lived in the famous printing house. I’ll be there at 12 tomorrow!

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 9

With a quote from the wonderful @oliahercules.bsky.social - author of Mamushka and Strong roots - about the meaning of Ukrainian embroidery.

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 9

My latest column: How Traditional Embroidery Weaves Together Food, Culture, and Identity

From Ukrainian corn fields to Palestinian olive groves, these textiles connect people to place, to each other, and to their past.

www.scribehound.com/food/history...

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 4

I feel seen!

Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 4

I just closed about 60 internet windows on my laptop and now need a lie down… what if I closed something I still needed?! Some had been open for at least a year 😅

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 1

So cute! Did you buy it? I have a pretzel and a broccoli myself and I’m not too ashamed to admit I bought them! 🥨 🥦

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ooh interesting! Thanks for sharing!

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fairytale-like, found this for sale at Abe! Printed in 1510 it is the earliest printed story of Cinderella, here she is pictured in the kitchen. Written by Johannes Geiler Von Keysersberg, printed by Mattias Schürer in Strasburg. Binding is pigs skin according to the seller. If I had 20.000 euros…

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Aug 27

People these days no longer take the time to comment, I am often guilty of it too, but I often wonder why to go on publishing my writing until you get a comment from lovely Nigella - it made my day 🙏🏻

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Aug 27

My latest column: Edible Illusions: The Inventive Spectacle of Medieval Cuisine.
You can read it or listen to me read it out to you!

www.scribehound.com/food/history...

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m applying for a literary grant to help fund research/writing for my next book. In my application I have to convince the board that my books (combination of culinary history, art history, memoir and historical recipes) are in fact a work of “literature”. My last book was 100K words.

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