Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Plum pudding never did contain fresh plums. The “plumbs” of pudding recipes in the 16th century were dried ...

It’s frequently claimed that the origins of plum pudding lie in plum pottage, a savoury, medieval concoction made from oats, beans, and scraps of meat and fish, served at the start of the meal. Food ...