Medieval and Renaissance Food: Sources, Recipes, and Articles

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Primary Sources, Reference, Bibliography

General

• Introduction to Cariadoc & Elizabeth's Recipes (bibliography, ingredients)
• Cooking from Primary Sources: Some General Comments (from Cariadoc's Miscellany)
• An Annotated Renaissance Food Bibliography
• A glossary of medieval and renaissance culinary terms
• Medieval/Renaissance Food Clip Art
• Cariadoc's new Translation Project
• European Cookery Texts 1350-1800 (several primary sources)
• Another listing of online cookbooks and Works in Progress
• "Ancient" Italian cookbooks (14c-16c)

14th century

• Le Viandier de Taillevent (French, 1375-1390)
• Ein Buch von Guter Spise (German, c. 1350)
• Le Ménagier de Paris (c. 1393, in French, partial, also an English translation)
• Forme of Cury (14th century English)
• Norwegian Primary Sources (one c.1300, one 1614)
• Libro Della Cocina translation and a transcription of the Italian (14th/15th century)
• Another translation of Libro del Coch and a a transcription of the Italian.

15th century

• Du Fait de Cuisine (1420)
• Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books
• Liber Cure Cocorum (15th century English)

16th century

• Manual de mugeres (16th century Spanish)
• A Book of Cookrye, 1591
• Das Kuchbuch der Sabrina Welserin (1553)
• Portions of Ein New Kochbuch (c. 1581)
• More Portions of Ein New Kochbuch (c. 1581)
• Eenen seer schoonen ende excellenten Cocboeck (1593)
• Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen (Brussels ca. 1514)
• Wel ende edelike spijse (Dutch, 1500)

17th century

• Delightes for Ladies, 1609 (Elizabethan)
• The English Housewife, 1683 (9th edition)
• The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Digbie (1669) (or here)
• De verstandige kock (Amsterdam ed. 1669)
• Koge Bog (Danish, 1616)
• Magirus' Koocboec oft familieren keukenboec (1612)

Articles / Publications

• Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in Early England by Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
• Early Medieval Norse Food & Feasting
• Medieval Bread
• Articles at the Middle Kingdom Cooks' Collegium
• Cauldrons and the Development of Cast Iron for Domestic Use
• An Overview of Renaissance Kitchen Equipment
• Katja's Herbalism Papers & Links
• Katja's Food Papers and Handouts
• Medieval Mustard
• The Flour of Chivalry: The Rise of Bakers' Guilds in the Middle Ages
• Viking Foods
• A Chaucerian Cookery
• A Boke of Gode Cookery (a collection of articles and recipes)
• A Dinner at Pennsic (renaissance camping and food)
• Camping Without a Cooler
• Serve it Forth! (a paper magazine)
  • Of Course It's 'Course'!; or Remove 'Remove'
• Some Recipes of al-Andalus (vegetarian)
• (Middle Eastern) Historic Recipe Redactions
• Food in England since 1066 -- A Vegetarian Evolution? (article)
• Food Coloring Agents
• To Make A Tart (intro to using primary sources)
• Robbing Peter To Pay Paul: Halving Feast Costs (seasonal savings)
• How to Pig Out with 130 of Your Closest Friends (cooking for large groups)
• To Prepare a Most Honorable Feast
• To Make a Feast
• An Islamic Dinner
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ancient Cookery (series of articles)
• Articles from the Rialto (rec.org.sca) related to food
• Search rec.food.historic
• Chocolate: or, and Indian Drinke.
• Cheesemaking in Scotland
• Stefan's Florilegium Sections: Food, Food - Books, Food - Breads, Food - Condiments, Food-by-Region, Food - Fruits, Food - Manuscripts, Food - Meats, Sweet or Decorated Foods, Food - Utensils, Food - Vegetables, Beverages

Individual Recipes

• Table of Contents of Cariadoc & Elizabeth's Recipes (very good resource)
• Alphabetical Index of Cariadoc & Elizabeth's Recipes (same recipes as item above)
• A 14th Century German Meal
• A Meal from the 14th Century (taken from The Goodman of Paris)
• A 14th Century English Feast
• Menu and Recipes from an SCA event
• Apple Tart & Orange Tart
• Historical recipes of different cultures
• The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy (6 recipes from a commercial book)

Mailing lists

Other information that might be of interest:

• Medieval/Renaissance Brewing Homepage
• rec.food.cooking FAQ (useful conversion guide)
• An ad for Cindy Renfrow's books
• Middle Kingdom Cooks' Collegium (nice articles)
• SCA Guilds & Groups: AEthelmearc Cook's Guild, Ostgardr cooking page, The Madrone Culinary Guild

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