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Russian stock

Meat stock from the nineteenth century Soup is an important part of the Eastern-European kitchen. In the Gift for young…

16 years ago

Jacobin sops for Good Friday

In the introduction to the recipe for Pomegranate Salad I mentioned the only day that the (catholic) French alle ate…

16 years ago

The day all France was vegetarian

Straight to the recipe Jean-Louis Flandrin, who died in 2001, wrote in his posthumously published book L'Ordre des mets that the reformation…

16 years ago

Zabaglione

Straight to the recipe Unchanged through the centuries There was no country called Italy in the Middle Ages. There was…

16 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…

17 years ago

Whole smoked chicken

The recipe on this page is taken from a cookbook that I have had in my possession for years, but…

17 years ago

Medieval stuffed chicken

Straight to the recipe Pullis iuvenis in tempore estivali This summer I was experimenting with roasting whole chickens on the…

17 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…

17 years ago

Mulahwaja

Straight to the recipe A recipe from 1001 nights There are few Europeans who can read and understand Arabic, let…

17 years ago

Roman broccoli

A recipe for broccoli from De re coquinaria, a Roman cookbook with recipes from the 1st to 4th centuries. If a…

17 years ago