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Modern written recipes for dishes found in cookery manuscripts and other historical documents.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