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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. The new
Second Edition is now available. 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!
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 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'
The Crusader and Ayyubid Period (1099-1250 CE)
Historische Küche - in German.
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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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.
Cotgrave's 1611 French-English dictionary - a work frequently cited by Austin - available in facsimileWebpage 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
Online Glossary Project of historic Culinary & Brewing TermsHistory of Food & wine of Azerbaijan, Arabia, Persia, the Silk Road, & much more
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
"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:
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Petits
Propos Culinaires
- new home page
The Stewpot - Bibliography of Books on Medieval and Renaissance CookingReturn to [Index]Thomas Gloning's bibliography of cookery, wine, etc.
Henry Notaker's Old Cookbooks and Food History Cookbook bibliographies and catalogues
Specific Foods (see also Botany links)
History of the ice cream coneSILPHIUM: 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).
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 BURKEInformation on Ambergris use in beverages - scroll down to the middle of the page
Il pomodoro - the tomato (In Italian)
Food TimelineReturn to [Index]
Ottoman festival-trees and candy-gardens , July 1720 - - illustrations showing sugar workReturn to [Index]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.
Pots & Pans (see also Amphorae)
FOOD PREPARATION VESSELS - ANGLO-SAXON JARS AND COOKING POTSHere 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 informationKnives 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
Building and Using a Medieval-Style Hemispherical Bake OvenReturn to [Index]
"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:
Home Brewing an Ancient Beer - by Ed Hitchcock
Hymn to Ninkasi - Miguel CivilSources for Historical Brewing by Greg Lindahl - includes many transcriptions of historical texts.
Geo. Washington's recipe To make Small Beer
The London and Country Brewer, 1736 - facsimile
Elizabethan Homebrewing by Tofi Kerthjalfadsson
6 old titles have been recently reprinted and are available for
purchase:
The 1881 Household Cyclopedia's chapter on brewing.
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
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 HOME WINEMAKERS MANUALSean 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
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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
American Brewer & Beer the Magazine
Winestate, Australia's National Wine Magazine
BreWorld, European brewing magazine
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.
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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