Cucumeres (Cucumbers Cooked/Pickled)
Cucumbers are a tasty little treat fresh from the garden. Like many people, I find that fresh home grown cucumbers beat out those store bought. Unfortunately, in the heart of Ansteorra at this time,...
Historic Recipe Redactions Blog
Caseus cum Recenti Fico (Cheese with Figs)
This dish is more like an appetizer or an after dinner treat. A little sweet with a bit of savory. Simple elegant and easy on the tongue, not to heavy. Caseus cum Recenti Fico...
Savory Toasted Cheese (aka Cheese Goo)
Some recipes translate to the modern palate easier then others. This recipe is one of the best I have ever tasted and made that I willingly take to parties or serve to my more...
Samak wa-Aqras (Hard Almond Candy)
Samak wa-Aqras (Hard Almond Candy) Translation: A pound of and a half of sugar; half a pound of peeled almonds, pounded fine and flavoured with a little musk. Take half a pound of bees’...
Pork in red wine and fennel sauce
I was in the mood to try a little bit of Roman again. I haven’t had a good wine and pork dish for a bit so turned to my trusted Roman books for inspiration. ...
Tharid or Tharida
This dish is considered by many modern day Arabs to be a holiday dish. In Medieval Middle Eastern times this dish was claimed by the prophet Muhammad to be the best of all dishes...
Supportive Research Books
This is a listing of books that I think are great supporting research books for food. Now what I mean by this is the history of some of the basic food items i.e. banana’s,...
Almond Milk
This post was originally put into another post which is well buried now. Almond milk is not a stable to all soups, broths or drinks but it’s not uncommon either. I thought a quick...