Subscribe to our newsletter. The Assizes of Bread and Beer and Lucrum Pistoris Laws regulating the price, weight, and quality of the bread and beer manufactured and sold in town, village, and hamlet, at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook. A wealth of information on medieval cooking, including authentic medieval recipes redacted and adapted for the modern kitchen, by James L. Matterer. The Bonnefont Cloister Herb Garden A description and photos of the cloister and gardens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are accompanied some interesting info on the use of herbs in medieval times, by Sarah McGowan. Ein Buch von guter spise Original German and modern English translation by Alia Atlas of a fourteenth-century recipe book.
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Cariadoc and Elizabeth's Recipes Searchable site includes original period recipes followed by modern versions. Helpful info by David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook. Coffee in Seventeenth Century England Nice article by Jeffrey Garlick at the Moderne Aviso follows the history of coffee from its Arabic origins and introduction to the west to its use in the seventeenth century. Cooking Glossary List of terms associated with food and cooking in the middle ages, all on one page, compiled by T. J. Ray. Some General Comments Tips about using recipes predating the Renaissance and suggestions for various occasions, by David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook.