Italy

Aubergines for cardinals

Straight to the recipe One year ago I published a Dutch recipe for stuffed aubergines from the 1970s. This historical…

5 years ago

Vanilla ice cream

This is a very rich ice cream, with sugar, fat and cholesterol. So, why would you want to make it?…

6 years ago

Red mustard the Roman way

Straight to the recipe This is not the first recipe for mustard on Coquinaria. The first mustard-recipe, from the fourteenth-century…

6 years ago

A brief history of pasta – Part 2

To part 1 of the history of pasta When I published two macaroni recipes from World War I, I also…

7 years ago

Scappi’s Macaroni

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

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 years ago

Roman chestnuts

Straight to the recipe High in carbohydrates, low-fat, gluten free Edible chestnuts were probably introduced in the Netherlands by the Romans. Dutch summers…

8 years ago

White tourte, a favourite of Pope Julius III

Straight to the recipe Sweet Italian pastry from the sixteenth century In the Netherlands we are used to abdications. This year,…

11 years ago