It has been a while since I have written anything about a medieval food recipe. Last year, we were re-enacting at the (pre-)historic village...

Oldest image of the Tegernsee Cloister, in the Landtafeln by Philipp Apian, 1560 . This post concerns a recipe with the curious nam...

Citron-pomegranate salad is a simple and refreshing dish very suitable for a medieval dinner in summer, but also suitable for winter with r...

This is the time of year the plums are ripe. We used to have a full-grown plum tree in our garden, but that one was felled when we moved ho...

   Two medieval woodworkers having a meal with bread and (perhaps a spiced) wine in the Tacuinum sanitatis (ca. 1390, Codex Vindobonen­...

As the apples harvest season has started, this is an excellent opportunity to try the apple pudding recipe 'Pomesmoille'. It is fou...

This weekend we were again in Castle Hernen and I took the opportunity to test several new recipes. The dishes were only made for our lunch...

During Saint Nicholas and Christmas time I have received and bought some new (at least for me) medieval cookbooks. These were: '...

It all began when we found a book on excavations in Arnemuiden, the town Anne was born. Among the finds at the harbours edge was a curious ...