In which we discover that fate can be tricksy, fish pie can be surprising and that you can get away with pretty much anything if you are a baron.

This episode includes a wonderful story about fate, the history of fish pie and a fantastic luxury pie recipe.

The link for today's recipe is here

If you are interested in the faithless queen you can read about her in the Life of Vertigern

If you are more interested in Polycrates then you need Herodotus

You can find the links to the historic cookbooks I mentioned on my blog.