First course

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

Eggs with gooseberries

Straight to the recipe An odd but tasty dish Recently I published an article in the periodical De Boekenwereld (The Book World)…

10 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…

11 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…

12 years ago

Nourishing square omelette

Straight to the recipe Medieval stuffed omelette with marrow Some years ago I prepared a menu in the Culinair-historisch Kookmuseum ('culinary cookery…

12 years ago

Pasties with sweetbread

Straight to the recipe What Johann Sebastian Bach might have eaten in Leipzig The connection between the pasties and the…

13 years ago

Mock eggs for Lent

Just for fun Straight to the recipe This an extra recipe with the Medieval coloured easter Eggs. During Lent, between carnival…

14 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…

14 years ago

Stuffed eggs with mint

Straight to the recipe A medieval first course from Germany I am lucky with my neighbours. At the moment, I…

15 years ago

Vol-au-vent with ragoût

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

15 years ago