Let's be frank: what comes to mind when you think of medieval dinners? Probably something gray and lumpy eaten by candlelight ...

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We might think of bread and ale as two of the dominant foods consumed by people in medieval times, but diets varied widely from place to place and across social classes. What peasants and tradesmen ...

Explore the history of medieval desserts and discover how people in the Middle Ages enjoyed sweet foods, flavors, and treats as part of their feasts.

Recipes moved through the cities of medieval Islam like the stories in One Thousand and One Nights, carried by travellers and tested, collected, copied, and adjusted for local ingredients. Many of ...

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, ...

“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 ...

Rats in the kitchen. Typically that implies issues with cleanliness and safety. But in medieval Japan, having rats in the kitchen could suggest an entirely different meaning. Such is the case with ...

When we dismiss the Middle Ages as a dark, regrettable period, we aren't acknowledging what was going on outside Europe. While Europe was a moldering cultural backwater, the Arab world was ...