Sally Lunns

Where does the name Sally Lunn come from? All the popular legends are variations on the story of Solange Luyon, a Huguenot girl who fled to Bath in the 18th century. She worked in a bakery and sold her buns on the street from a basket on her arm. When the baker discovered that Solange had a gift for baking light, luxurious brioche, he had her bake these buns and named them Sally Lunns. The first known recipe for these also comes from this century and appeared as a poem in 1796 in The Mon