Learn how historical re-enactors, Robin Cacy and Veronica Tatum bring medieval cuisine to life. Ever wondered how people cooked in the Middle Ages? At Alaska's Three Barons' Renaissance Fair, ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 52 B.C., Vercingetorix, king of the Gauls, impatient that his haunch of venison to be roasted had yet to feel the fire, snatched it from his cook, began ...
Some culinary techniques have been around far longer than we realize. Despite its complexity, this method dates as far back ...
“Food in Medieval Times” by Melitta Weiss Adamson, is a fascinating look at medieval culture through food. The book begins with a timeline, starting in 451 A.D. and ending in 1500 A.D. In the ...
Over the centuries, Belgium has been invaded by numerous European people — including the Romans, Vikings, Spanish, French, Germans and Dutch. The favourite ingredients and cooking techniques of the ...
Medieval cooking made a greater use of herbs than we do today. Like spices, herbs were considered quasi-medicine, used to correct human ills. Let’s take a moment and look a little at 12th-century ...