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Macaroni with tomatoes

Straight to the recipe From the Oorlogs-kookboek ('War-cookbook') from 1918 This is a Dutch recipe from World War I, also known…

9 years ago

Imperial cucumber

Straight to the recipe Great with Roman tuna Pliny the Elder (23 - 79 AD) describes in his encyclopedia Naturalis historia everything that…

9 years ago

Roman tuna

Straight to the recipe Great with stewed cucumber Every year around the first day of May there is a Romeinenweek or…

9 years ago

Medieval Arab Candy

Straight to the recipe A thirteenth-century recipe Nearly everyone agrees that sugar is poison. However, it is only considereda poison…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Rhubarb, the reverse tomato

Two recipes for early summer Straight to the recipe Rhubarb is a culinary eccentric, the counterpart of the tomato. Much…

9 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…

9 years ago

Stuffed oranges

Straight to the recipe A feast for the eye This recipe is from the great Antonin Carême, the Frenchman who…

9 years ago

Soup with Sauerkraut? Delicious!

Straight to the recipe A Russian recipe from 1861 During my preparations for a presentation in October 2014 in the Hermitage…

10 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…

10 years ago