Queen’s Soup

15 years ago

Cream of Chicken Soup the Dutch way Three years ago I published the historical version of this soup on Coquinaria,…

Clareit

15 years ago

Straight to the recipe Spiced wine for warm summer evenings and cold winter nights Mulled wine is most often red…

Sixteenth-century pasta dough

15 years ago

Straight to the recipe Two recipes from the Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi Let's all say it once more, loud and clear: "Marco…

Rice Pudding for Lent

15 years ago

Straight to the recipe This fourteenth-century recipe is especially for Lent, the period between carnival and Easter. Meat and dairy products…

Vol-au-vent with ragoût

15 years ago

An old-fashioned first course This used to be a traditional first course in many Dutch Christmas meals. The most common…

Kale with chestnuts and groats

16 years ago

Straight to the recipe A recipe from the cook of Stadtholder Willem IV The recipe on this page is from Le…

The original Waldorf Salad

16 years ago

Straight to the recipe An American classic from the nineteenth century Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, cooks and…

Stamppot – Traditional Dutch Winterfare

16 years ago

Warming, loving, substantial food While I am writing this (2 December 2010) it's freezing cold outside, the canal in front…

Elegant mushroom pies

16 years ago

Straight to the recipe A fourteenth-century dish from France When I give a talk on medieval cuisine I always serve…

Pastry dough according to Lancelot de Casteau

16 years ago

This one of the rare recipes for dough in old cookery books. Cooks knew how to prepare dough, so it…