First course

The original Waldorf Salad

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

15 years ago

Elegant mushroom pies

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

15 years ago

Tourte de fonges

Straight to the recipe Mushroom pie from Lancelot de Casteau This mushroom pie from 1604 is much more modern than…

15 years ago

Traditional Dutch potato salad

Russian Salad the Dutch way I suppose Russian Salad is a popular dish all over the world, but I wonder…

15 years ago

Spinach Pie

This the third recipe for Good Friday. The other recipes are Pomegranate Salad and Jacobin Sops. If one grows spinach…

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

Pyke in Galentyne

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

16 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

Escoffier’s Salsify Fritters

Straight to the recipe The picture shows the garden terrace of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which openend its doors…

17 years ago

Roman apricots

A summer starter Straight to the recipe The classical Roman kitchen consisted of much more than spectacular and pretentious dishes with exotic…

18 years ago