With fish (pescetarian)

Polish cold soup from a Russian cookbook

Very refreshing! This is a delicious dish when it is hot. It is a soup, a chlodnik or 'cold thingy' according to…

7 years ago

Fish with ‘sauce ramolade’

Straight to the recipe A light dish from the court of Louis XIV   Sometimes food from the past seems…

7 years ago

Roman chestnuts

Straight to the recipe High in carbohydrates, low-fat, gluten free Edible chestnuts were probably introduced in the Netherlands by the Romans. Dutch summers…

8 years ago

Salade Russe the Russian Way

Straight to the recipe A recipe from 1866 The choice for this recipe is the result of a lecture I…

9 years ago

A medieval evergreen

Very, very healthy! In Asterix in Britain, the heroes Asterix and Obelix' first meal on British soil is eaten in a pub…

10 years ago

Stockfish with peas, apple and raisins

Straight to the recipe An ode to dried food A very medieval tasting recipe. It's an ode to dried food, except the onion all…

12 years ago

Tuna with mustard crust

Straight to the recipe A spicy Walloon dish from the sixteenth century Last year I published a recipe for mushroom pie from…

13 years ago

Pyke in Galentyne

Straight to the recipe  A medieval feast for nose, eyes and palate Sauces are an important part of the medieval…

15 years ago

Cook’s Salmon Salad

Straight to the recipe Simply delicious A delicious recipe amalgamated from two nineteenth century cookbooks written by 'kitchen maids'. In…

15 years ago

Medieval blancmange with fish

Straight to the recipe Dainty and delicate This recipe, the oldest redaction of which is dating from the end of…

16 years ago