ORIGIN

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

Gooseberry Omelette

Straight to the recipe A sixteenth-century Dutch recipe The recipe for omelette (tasey) balances on te edge of what we…

18 years ago

medieval eggs with mustard

Straight to the recipe 'Souppe en civé' Eggs are very prominent in medieval cuisine, they are used as thickening agent in sauces…

18 years ago

Medieval blancmange with fish

Straight to the recipe Dainty and delicate This recipe, the oldest redaction of which is dating from the end of…

18 years ago

Jacobin Sops

Straight to the recipe Take 200 capons ... This is a recipe from the delightful cookbook Du fait de cuysine by Maître…

18 years ago

A medieval game pie with a curious name

Straight to the recipe Also known as 'Turk's head' The name sounds very exciting, but it just means that the…

19 years ago

Excellent cookies

  This is a recipe for small but rich cookies. High tea is not customary in the Netherlands, but we do…

19 years ago

Lemonade

Een French recipe from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe   A very simple recipe, because I am in…

19 years ago

Mallard with onion sauce

Straight to the recipe An English recipe from the fifteenth century A recipe from an English manuscript from the middle…

19 years ago

La Varenne’s meat stock

This is the first 'historical' recipe for stock on my site. This meat stock is taken from Le cuisinier françois by François…

19 years ago