Adventures in Culinary History

Recipes, techniques, and experiments in food from the Rennaisance, Middle Ages, and Antiquity.

Explore History Through Food

The recipes, tutorials, and menus contained here are based on historical manuscripts, archaeological evidence, and the occasional literary reference or other written description.

Recipes

Modern written recipes for dishes found in cookery manuscripts and other historical documents.

Tutorials

Learn more about how foods were prepared in the middle ages, and how you can recreate those methods today.

Menus

Suggested combinations of food for anything from themed party snacks to an entire banquet.

Tested Menus for:

  • Living history events
  • Cooking in primative camps
  • Educators

Learn About:

  • Food preservation practices
  • How climate, trade routes, and seasonal availability created culinary traditions
  • Historical beliefs about food as medicine

“We eat first with our eyes.”

-Apicus

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