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"...One of the best medieval cooking resources available in print...." -Renaissance Magazine
"Take a Thousand Eggs
or More" is my cookbook of four hundred 15th century recipes. Despite
what you may have heard, “Take a Thousand Eggs or More” is still in print and
available through Royal Fireworks Press, http://www.rfwp.com.
Click here for a new
sample recipe, information,
or reviews. Click
here for an errata sheet.
Original Source Material Online
- click here for a lengthy list of links to old cookbooks that are now
available online. (I've moved this to its own page because the list has
grown so long.)
If you are interested in joining a project to
establish a searchable Online Culinary History Library, please click here.
This is an absolutely gorgeous must-see web
site: Historic Food by Ivan Day.
Check it out. Now!
De Re Coquinaria and Liber de Coquina
– two commercially-available Latin/German translations by the same author
as the above, Herr Robert Meier.
Athenaeus’
Deipnosophistae – a transcription from Gulick’s wonderful translation.
Antique
Roman Dishes - Collection
A Taste of
the Ancient World - an exhibit about Greco-Roman eating and drinking,
farming and starving.
SILPHIUM:
ANCIENT WONDER DRUG? by John Tatman - REPRESENTATION OF SILPHIUM ON
THE COINAGE OF KYRENAIKA
Food in the Ancient
World: Subsistence and Symbol, a bibliography
"Arzneimittellehre von Dioskurides"
- an influential medical text
Apicius
– Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome – project Gutenberg
Apicius list. This new
list is for sharing experiences in Antique Roman cookery. Relevant subjects
are: Discussion on antique roman/celt/greek cooking recipes, ingredients
finding or growing, antique beverages, historical background, special
announcements, etc... to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Apicius
Archives my be seen at: http://www.onelist.com/archives.cgi/Apicius
Some Recipes from Anthimus' 'De
Obseruatione Ciborum Epistula'
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Medieval & Renaissance Food Homepage - Look here for more medieval recipes and medieval food clip-art.
The
Crusader and Ayyubid Period (1099-1250 CE)
Historische
Küche - in German.
Küchenmeisteri
– 15th century cookery book, in German, by Trude Ehlert, 2010. Available
for sale as a book or a pdf.
La
Alimentación en las Crónicas Castellanas Bajomedievales (Food through the
Medieval Castilian Chronicles). Granada. University of Granada. 1996.
En la
Alhambra Cristiana: bastimentos, tiendas y mercado (In the Christian
Alhambra: Foods, Stores and Food Market). Granada. Asukaría-Mediterránea. 1999.
El
abastecimiento alimentario en el reino de Granada. 1492-1510 (Food Supplies
in the Kingdom of Granada (1492-1510). Granada. CTV. 2000.)
Food &
Drink in Anglo-Saxon England
Medieval &
Renaissance Mediterranean Cookery - Recipes from Ruperto de Nola and
Martino da Como.
The diary of Pontormo
(1554-56) - partial - details of everyday food
Expenses
for Food and Lodging of the Embassy from Aragon , 1415
A Chaucerian Cookery,
by James Matterer
Menus
for Feasts in 1387 and 1443, from "Two Fifteenth-Century
Cookery-Books", ed. Thomas Austin, EETS 91, 1888
A feast based on the
two meat-day banquets for kings from Marxen Rumpolt's 1581 Ein New Kochbuch.
The
Ornithology of Anglo-Saxon England
KLAU
LIBRARY, CINCINNATI, ILLUMINATED HAGGADAH EXHIBIT
Tacuinum Sanitatis -
Illuminations and Text from Medieval Health Handbooks showing foods and how
they are best prepared.
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
by Isaac Walton
THE TREATISE OF
FISHING WITH AN ANGLE , c. 1496
Medieval
Sourcebook: The Assizes of Bread, Beer, & Lucrum Pistoris
Here
bygynneth the Boke of Gode Cookery of Master Huen Damebrigge of Wychwood.
The Medieval &
Renaissance Cookery Webring Homepage
Fifteenth
Century Life - Dining in State: a high cuisine guide by Thomas L. Coles,
Lancaster, Ohio.
Cariadoc
and Elizabeth's Recipes.
A
recipe for Cressee, by Cariadoc
Medieval
Recipes from Various Sources
Ravensgard Medieval Arts and
Crafts food page.
Archaeological Finds
of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Viking Foodstuffs.
Hurstwic
- what Norsemen ate
FOOD
AND FEUD IN SAGA ICELAND, by GARY MARTIN
Karoli
Magni capitularia - Chapter LXX is about plants and trees Charlemagne had
in his estates.
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Elizabethan cooking information & links
Hampton Court Palace –Henry VIII’s kitchens, instructional cookery videos, & much more
Fooles and
Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England
The
Renaissance at the Dinner Table By Dr. Alessandro Giacomello
Conrad
Gesner's Thierbuch, Vogelbuch, Fischbuch, Schlangenbuch, De Scorpione,...
1599. - a bestiary.
Selections from a German
Meal, c. 1581
Nico
Marin's Renaissance Recipes Page
From Marx Rumpolt, Ein New
Kochbuch, c.1581 Transliteration and translation © 1999 by M. Grasse
Marx Rumpolt:
Ein new Kochbuch, 1581: Vom Mundkoch
In
The historie of fovre-footed beastes ... : Collected out of all the volumes
of Conradvs Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. London:
Printed by W. Iaggard, 1607. Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625? [Selections -- Front
matter; from first book].
"Briefe
and true report of the new found land of Virginia." Latin.
Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et
incolarum ritibus Virgini : nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo
Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D. LXXXV. deducti sunt
invent, sumtus faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh equestris ordi. Francoforti
ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry, [1590] MDXC.
Hans Dernschwams
Bericht über Ernährungsgewohnheiten in der Türkey, Ungarn usw. (16. Jh.) --
Hans Dernschwam's report on 16th century food, foodways and cookery in Turkey,
Hungary etc. -- Textgrundlage: Hans Dernschwam's Tagebuch einer Reise
nach Konstantinopel und Kleinasien (1553/55). Nach der Urschrift im
Fugger-Archiv herausgegeben und erläutert von Franz Babinger. München/ Leipzig
1923, 123-131 (Studien zur Fugger-Geschichte 7).
Shakespeare
and Food (An alphabetical garden of the Bard's esculent poesies) - a
collection of food-related quotations.
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Cotgrave's 1611 French-English dictionary - a work frequently cited by Austin - available in facsimile
Webpage by Wm Rubel devoted to
Randle Cotgrave's
1611 Dictionary
Attempree
diete was al hir phisik: The Medieval Application of Medical Theory to
Feasting by Kristen M. Burkholder.
The
travelogue of Leonhart Rauwolf - 1582
Online Glossary Project of historic Culinary & Brewing Terms
History
of Food & wine of Azerbaijan, Arabia, Persia, the Silk Road,
& much more
La Cocina Historica –
culinary history of Mexico
Virginia Tech Digital Library,
the Culinary History Collection, facsimilies.
The
Royal English and Foreign Confectioner – 1862. Digitized facsimile.
Le
nozze principesche di Violante Visconti di M.G. Tolfo 15 giugno 1368. Menu
The New Netherland Project - Dutch
American Colonial History
The Plymouth Colony Archive
Project at the University of Virginia
Food
intake in Greenland from 900s to 1400s using C14 dating
Historic cooking of the Netherlands - in
Dutch & English
Historical Recipes A Look Back at How Our Ancestors
Cooked -recipes & cookbook reviews from early American cookbooks
AN AMERICAN
FEAST - Food, Dining, and Entertainment in the United States from
Simmons to Rombauer
Gastronomie medievale -
exhibit - in French
"A
Food Journal of Lewis & Clark" - Official cookbook of the National
Council Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
K-12 teacher resources for
food history lessons
Henry
Notaker's Old Cookbooks and Food History
Nürnberger
Puppen-Kochbuch. Herausgegeben von Tante Betty. Neunte Auflage. Nürnberg
1896.
Professor Martha Carlin's Home Page - many
links to culinary texts
An Exhibition from the Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books in the Culinary Arts
"The Town of Cropredy 1570
- 1640." by A.P.Keegan. Town records, including grain bills
Cocina
Histórica - (in Spanish) Un trabajo Multidisciplinar en el marco del
proyecto TRENDS
A 15th century recipe
for a giant egg
Francesco
Sirene, Spicer - much useful information on herbs, spices, & more.
St. Valentine's Feast,
Feb. 15, 1997 (A.S. XXXI). Notes from the Kitchen by Rufina Cambrensis &
Joshua ibn-Eleazar.
Rec.food.cooking FAQ
list and conversion helper
SCA - Stefan's
Florilegium. -a collection of discussions, many of which are about food
history.
SCA-Cooks mailing list - email Majordomo@Ansteorra.ORG with the message
body of "subscribe SCA-Cooks".
Food Supply -
Through Markets and Administered Provision
Cooking
Schools 101- Your Guide to Culinary Schools
Some articles I
wrote for ChefTalk ezine:
- Pipefarces
- Sallats
- Illusion Foods
- Building a 17th century
style Malt House
Patricia B.
Mitchell's Inkling Series Booklist
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Index to the Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery 1981-1994
Petits Propos
Culinaires - new home page
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The Stewpot - Bibliography of Books on Medieval and Renaissance Cooking
Thomas Gloning's bibliography
of cookery, wine, etc.
Henry Notaker's Old Cookbooks and Food
History Cookbook bibliographies and catalogues
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Specific Foods (see also Botany links)
SILPHIUM:
ANCIENT WONDER DRUG? by John Tatman - REPRESENTATION OF SILPHIUM ON
THE COINAGE OF KYRENAIKA
Uses
of the palm by Oronoco Indians - an 18th century account in Spanish - See
Chapter IX
Pineapple
illustration by Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1626).
Sugar
Sculpture – some texts with illustrations
More on Sugar Sculpture
by Ivan Day and Howard Coutts
Cochineal in
pictures
The Long History of
the Mysterious Fava Bean By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times
Tea from the
Tea-Garden to the Teacup with Twenty Illustrations, New York: Francis
H. Leggett & Co. First Edition, year 1900.
An Article about the history of
Turkish Cheeses
Chocolate: or, An Indian
Drinke. - Excerpts from a 1652 book.
The women's petition
against coffee (1674)
The manner of making
coffee, tea and chocolate, as it is used in most parts of Europe, Asia,
Africa and America. With their virtues. Newly done out of French and Spanish. London
1685.
More early texts about tea and
coffee.
By the King. A
proclamation for the suppression of the coffee-houses (1675)
The Vertues of
Chocolate / The Properties of Cavee [Oxford: Henry Hall 1660]
Alternative
Wheat Cereals as Food Grains: Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale
THE ORIGINS OF PASTA
Documents & data
Peas,
beans and lentils by Ann Butler
Bread in
Ancient Egypt (scroll down)
"Excavations at the refinery
of the medieval
sugar mill of Kolossi have been completed_"
THE BEE, THE
REED, THE ROOT- The History of Sugar, by RAY BURKE
Information on
Ambergris use in beverages - scroll down to the middle of the page
Il pomodoro - the tomato
(In Italian)
More than you wanted to
know about ambergris
Comparative History Timeline for
coffee and tea
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Historic Food/Cooking
Illustrations
Ottoman festival-trees and candy-gardens , July 1720 - - illustrations showing sugar work
The late Middle Ages kitchen
in the Rodendorf house, Eltz Castle, Germany, 1540.
pictures of a 1580s fishmonger's shop
and a butcher shop
La Feste a La Tour du Lac
- Table Service
Etiquette - Minding Your
"P'S and Q'S" in Medieval
Azerbaijan
Medieval & Renaissance Food
Homepage - medieval food clip-art.
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
- Flemish painter (b. 1530, Antwerpen, d. 1574, Antwerpen) - many food
related pictures
Some pictures of medieval strainers
- Note: the links back to me on this page are incorrect, so bookmark this
page.
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Pots & Pans (see also Amphorae)
FOOD PREPARATION VESSELS - ANGLO-SAXON JARS AND COOKING POTS
Here are some photos of some of
the earlier cutlery in
the Wartburg castle cutlery collection. These all date from the early
1600s. This has
inlaid mother of pearl. Two of these carved ivory figures
have inlaid red jewels. These later examples
have built-in pistols,
for dining with your in-laws (2 photos of the same set from slightly different
angles).
Romeins
Aardewerk - Roman kitchen & cookery utensils
Atlas of Roman Pottery - images,
maps, much useful information
Knives in 17th Century Still
Life Paintings
Serçe Liman1 11th Century Byzantine
Shipwreck Excavation
A small European rotary quern.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL
ASPECTS OF BEACHROCK SADDLE-QUERN
UTILIZATION IN ANTIQUITY
THE HISTORY OF
EATING UTENSILS
Building and Using a Medieval-Style Hemispherical Bake Oven
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"A Sip Through Time" is my book of over 400 documented historical brewing recipes from 1800 B.C. to modern times. It includes recipes for beer, mead, metheglin, wine, cider, hypocras, and many more alcoholic beverages. Click here to see:
"...If you are a maker of any of these brews, this book should be in
your library. And if you're not, you will be after reading it."
--Bee Culture Magazine
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Home
Brewing an Ancient Beer - by Ed Hitchcock
Hymn to
Ninkasi - Miguel Civil
Sources for Historical Brewing
by Greg Lindahl - includes many transcriptions of historical texts.
The London and Country Brewer,
1736 - facsimile
Recreating Medieval English Ales (a recreation of late 13th - 14th c. unhopped English ales)
Elizabethan Homebrewing
by Tofi Kerthjalfadsson
6 old titles have been recently reprinted and are available for purchase:
The Complete Practical Brewer, 1852,
by M.L. Byrn
The Complete Practical Distiller, 1875, by M.L. Byrn
The Town and Country Brewery Book, circa 1830, by W. Brande
The Theory and Practice of Brewing, 1762, by Michael Combrune
The Practical Distiller, 1809, by Samuel M. Harry
The Scottish Ale Brewer and Practical Maltster, 1847, by W. H. Roberts.
The Brewer, by William Loftus, published in 1863.
The 1881 Household
Cyclopedia's chapter on brewing.
Debatable Brewers' Recipes: Ale for Fish
Brewing History Mailing List - to subscribe, send
email to majordomo@pbm.com containing
the words "subscribe hist-brewing" (or subscribe hist-brewing-digest,
if you want the digest.)
Gauger
and Measurer's Companion, 1694, showing weights and measures (ex: 1
kilderkin of beer = 144 pints, but 1 kilderkin of ale is only 128 pints) -
Texas A&M Univ. Library pass required.
Welcome
to Ian Gourdon's Brewing and Vintning Page.
How To Brew by
John Palmer
Estonian
Koduolu Homebrewing , Part 1
Sahti
- A Remnant of Finland's Rustic Past
The
Science of Making Beer, Wine and Alcohol through Fermentation
Everything
you need to know about brewing...
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A circa 1393 mead recipe. - from Le Menagier de Paris.
A long list of US
Meaderies
Mead Lover's Digest - email mead-request@talisman.com for
[un]subscribe/admin requests. When subscribing, please include your name and
email address in body of message.
The Mead Lover's
Digest archive
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Sean Thackrey, Winemaker
- Wine-related Excerpts from dated sources
A Short and
Practical Treatise on the culture of the Wine-Grapes in The United States
of America... - facsimile
The
wine book of Johann Rasch – 1580,
manuscript facsimile
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John French - The Art of Distillation, 1651
The SCA Brew
Historical Brewing Library
A
miscellany of early cordials by Forester Nigel FitzMaurice
Medieval
& Renaissance Brewing Home page
SCA Brewing
- lots of great links
Online
Glossary Project of historic Culinary & Brewing Terms
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American
Brewer & Beer the Magazine
Winestate,
Australia's National Wine Magazine
BreWorld,
European brewing magazine
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Cider Digest - email cider-request@talisman.com for
subscribe/unsubscribe/admin requests. When subscribing, please include your
name and email address in the message body . Archives of the Digest are
available for anonymous FTP at ftp.stanford.edu in pub/clubs/homebrew/cider.
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Wyeast Laboratories, Inc. is the leading source of fermentation cultures for beer and wine making worldwide.
**Four Corners Corp., Inc. Retail Wine, Beer, Liquor, At-Home Brew Supplies, & more.
Sheaf
& Vine Homebrew Supply store - by the author
of "Homebrewing, volume 1"
*Bett-A-Brew - Beer & Winemaking
Supplies, Queensland, Australia. Email betabrew@fan.net.au
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HellenicArt.com -
reproduction Greek vases & pottery
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9, 2012.