mushrooms

Surprise Eggs

Straight to the recipe A Dutch recipe from the eighteenth century This decorative dish consists of whole, emptied eggs shells…

7 years ago

Coulibiac with chicken, a recipe from Carême

Straight to the recipe Russian pastry from the classic French cuisine Coulibiac or coulbac is a traditional Russian pie that…

8 years ago

Dutch bitterballen from leftover oxtail meat

With oxtail meat and stock and dried ceps For the family Christmas dinner in 2014 I had prepared an old-fashioned clear…

8 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…

9 years ago

Elegant mushroom pies

Straight to the recipe A fourteenth-century dish from France When I give a talk on medieval cuisine I always serve…

15 years ago

Tourte de fonges

Straight to the recipe Mushroom pie from Lancelot de Casteau This mushroom pie from 1604 is much more modern than…

15 years ago

Russian stock

Meat stock from the nineteenth century Soup is an important part of the Eastern-European kitchen. In the Gift for young…

16 years ago

Jacobin sops for Good Friday

In the introduction to the recipe for Pomegranate Salad I mentioned the only day that the (catholic) French alle ate…

16 years ago

Lamb-chops Pie

Straight to the recipe A Dutch recipe from the eighteenth century To serve lamb on Easter Sunday is an ancient…

22 years ago