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Regency Games of Chance-Whist

Gambling is called “the English vice” and never was this more true than during the Regency. Regency bucks were known to bet on almost any event with a disputable outcome, including which raindrop would first reach the bottom of the window. But most gambling took place around a green baize table, with cards or dice […]

Just for fun… Ratafia, the Regency-Era cocktail.

Introducing Ratafia, the Regency lady’s indulgence. Those of us who read and write Regency-set historical novels (set in the early 19th Century Britain) are often presented with food riddles. What is jugged hare? And how about scotch collops? Not to mention spotted dick! We also notice that the Regency era offered a variety of different […]