Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno
Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno By Maurizio Bifulco, Magda Marasco and Simona Pisanti American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.35:6…
Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis
Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis By Gundula Muldner and Michael P. Richards Journal of Archaeological…
Changes in Diet in the Late Middle Ages: the Case of Harvest Workers
Changes in Diet in the Late Middle Ages: the Case of Harvest Workers By Christopher Dyer Agricultural Historical Review, Vol.36:1 (1988) Abstract: The…
Who Ate All the Pigs in Medieval Denmark?
It’s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was…
The history of the medieval vegetable garden of the common man and woman: the poorness of descriptions and pictures
In search of depictions of medieval vegetables, a study of medieval vegetable gardens of the common man and woman was made.
They dined on crane: bird consumption, wild fowling and status in medieval England
In this paper the evidence for the use and consumption of wild birds in medieval England is reviewed.
Some Basic Aspects of Medieval Cuisine
Some Basic Aspects of Medieval Cuisine By Paul Freedman Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Series Historica,Vol.11:1 (2007) Introduction: The subject of medieval cuisine possess intrinsic…
Fishes and other aquatic species in the Byzantine literature: Classification, terminology and scientific names
Fish was a substantial food item during antiquity and the Middle Ages for the people living around the Mediterranean area, as it is considered of high nutritional value.
The chalice and the cup : the changing role of wine in the High Middle Ages
In an interdisciplinary approach, this study integrates the historiographies of viticulture as well as of the Christian liturgy to answer the question: why did wine disappear from the Eucharist in the high Middle Ages?
Fast Food in Medieval Europe
Already in the late 12th century, there was a ‘fast food’ area on the Thames in London, a medieval version of a ‘drive-in’, where hungry travelers could fill up; these shops provided a range of pricing and foods and were open around the clock.