19th century

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…

7 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…

7 years ago

Stuffed oranges

Straight to the recipe A feast for the eye This recipe is from the great Antonin Carême, the Frenchman who…

7 years ago

Soup with Sauerkraut? Delicious!

Straight to the recipe A Russian recipe from 1861 During my preparations for a presentation in October 2014 in the Hermitage…

8 years ago

Tamarind ice-cream

Straight to the recipe An exotic flavour from the nineteenth century   Last year I had the good fortune to…

9 years ago

Barley soup for a ball

Straight to the recipe Double take The Netherlands celebrated the bicentennial of their existence as a kingdom in 2013. But at the…

9 years ago

Dutch barley soup

Straight to the recipe This barley soup is not French haute cuisine as Carême's recipe is. It is Dutch and was published in Aaltje, de…

9 years ago

Salade Russe the Russian Way

Straight to the recipe A recipe from 1866 The choice for this recipe is the result of a lecture I…

9 years ago

Smoking bishop

Straight to the recipe With Seville oranges Today many people have lost all feeling for what food is seasonaland what is…

10 years ago

Sponge cake for trifle

Straight to the recipe Mrs Beeton's recipe Trifle is built on a layer of sponge cake. Since I have used Mrs Beeton's recipe…

11 years ago