ORIGIN

Scappi’s Macaroni

Straight to the recipe A lot of work, but also a lot of fun The previous historical recipe on Coquinaria…

9 years ago

A brief pasta history – Part 1

To part two of the history of pasta It has happened to me before. I start working on a historical…

9 years ago

Macaroni Pie

Straight to the recipe This recipe from the cookbook Allied Cookery is a lot like the oven dish from the Dutch Oorlogskookboek ('War cookbook'): pasta,…

9 years ago

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