Medievalists.net » Medieval Food http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 5 Medieval Hanukkah Foods http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/5-medieval-hanukkah-foods/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/5-medieval-hanukkah-foods/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:33:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63068 What was on the table of medieval Jews? Here is a list of five foods that would have been enjoyed during Hanukkah in the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/5-medieval-hanukkah-foods/feed/ 0 For the Knyʒhtys tabylle and for the Kyngges tabylle: An Edition of the Fifteenth-Century Middle English Cookery Recipes in London, British Library’s MS Sloane 442 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62787 The present thesis offers an edition of some fifteenth century Middle English cookery recipes, more specifically those of the Sloane 442 manuscript (MS Sloane 442), located at the British Library, London. The cookery recipes of this collection were most likely meant for the tables of the upper classes

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/feed/ 0 Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/medieval-tastes-food-cooking-and-the-table/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/medieval-tastes-food-cooking-and-the-table/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 03:40:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62696 In his new history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes, both culinary and cultural, from raw materials to market and captures their reflections in today's food trends.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/medieval-tastes-food-cooking-and-the-table/feed/ 0 Medieval Books: 5 Great New Releases! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/medieval-books-5-great-new-releases/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/medieval-books-5-great-new-releases/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:56:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62481 Black Friday is around the corner - here are a few books that have just been released!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/medieval-books-5-great-new-releases/feed/ 0 Stable isotopes as indicators of change in the food procurement and food preference of Viking Age and Early Christian populations on Gotland (Sweden) http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 02:00:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61843 In short, the end of the Viking Age may have involved a suite of environmental, economic, and sociocultural changes, yet despite these changes practices of food preference and food procurement were maintained within the coastal site of Ridanas. Our research contributes to archaeological th

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/stable-isotopes-as-indicators-of-change-in-the-food-procurement-and-food-preference-of-viking-age-and-early-christian-populations-on-gotland-sweden/feed/ 0 Medieval iconography of watermelons in Mediterranean Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/30/medieval-iconography-of-watermelons-in-mediterranean-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/30/medieval-iconography-of-watermelons-in-mediterranean-europe/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:29:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61453 With the objective of obtaining an improved understanding of watermelon history and diversity in this region, medieval drawings purportedly of watermelons were collected, examined and compared for originality, detail and accuracy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/30/medieval-iconography-of-watermelons-in-mediterranean-europe/feed/ 0 Recipes from The Tudor Kitchen http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:05:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61120 Get recipes on A Dysschefull of Snowe – Strawberries on Snow and Steamed Asparagus Spears in Orange Sauce

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/feed/ 0 Alcohol and its Consumption in Medieval Cairo: The Story of a Habit http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/alcohol-and-its-consumption-in-medieval-cairo-the-story-of-a-habit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/alcohol-and-its-consumption-in-medieval-cairo-the-story-of-a-habit/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2015 02:57:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60337 Through the ages of Cairene history the alcoholic beverages, entangled in political and religious developments, depended more on prevailing doctrinal currents than on people’s habitual or taste inclinations. Therefore, the story of these beverages’ consumption is - not surprisingly - a turbulent one.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/alcohol-and-its-consumption-in-medieval-cairo-the-story-of-a-habit/feed/ 0 Twelve Thousand Cooks and a Muhtasib: Some Remarks on Food Business in Medieval Cairo http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 02:52:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60252 The meals offered by street cooks were probably lacking in subtleness and elegancy if compared to the specialties served by the “caliphs’ kitchen” or by the Arabic-Islamic haute cuisine whose recipes were written down in the cookbooks for the elites

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/feed/ 0 ‘Wine-contamination’ of the Adriatic: Examples of punishing wine smugglers from medieval Dubrovnik http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/31/wine-contamination-of-the-adriatic-examples-of-punishing-wine-smugglers-from-medieval-dubrovnik/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/31/wine-contamination-of-the-adriatic-examples-of-punishing-wine-smugglers-from-medieval-dubrovnik/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:36:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60124 Strict import-export regulations of the medieval Dubrovnik (Ragusean) authorities included also a rather rigid control of the wine trade.

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