First course

Tortelli in brodo

Straight to the recipe An Italian recipe from the sixteenth century This is a real classic from the Italian kitchen:…

22 years ago

Sauces for broiled fish

Fish played a prominent role in the daily diet throughout the Catholic Middle Ages, because during set periods and days…

22 years ago

Parsnip salad

Straight to the recipe A sixteenth-century Dutch recipe This winter salad for parsnips is taken from a Dutch cookbook from…

22 years ago

Arab meatballs with aubergines

Straight to the recipe During the caliphate of the Abbasides (749-1258 AD) the Arab cuisine was at its prime. In…

23 years ago

Mussels in antiquity

Straight to the recipe As the Romans liked to eat them The months around Thanksgiving and Christmas are filled with…

24 years ago

Chicken breast with blackberry sauce

A fifteenth-century recipe from Italy Straight to the recipe The colour of food is important to the way in which…

24 years ago

Chinese tea-eggs

Decorative and delicate in taste This is a very special way to serve hardboiled eggs. You prepare them in advance,…

24 years ago

‘Split nuns’

Stuffed eggs from early sixteenth century The oldest extant Dutch cookbook in print dates from 1514. It is titledĀ Een notabel…

24 years ago