Period Cookbooks online

• A list of just about every online cookbook there isThis page is an invaluable resource for any period cook.
• Ein buch von guter spise:  Translated by Alia Atlas
• Forme of Cury:  Scanned by Cindy Renfrow
• Le Menagier de Paris:  Translated by Janet Hinson
• Marx Rumpolt, Ein New Kochbuch:  Translated by Stewpot member Gwen Catrin Von Berlin.
• A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye
• Some Apician Translations
• Unabridged transcription of the food and cookery chapter of Le Menagier de Paris edited by Jerome Pichon in 1846

Web pages that discuss period cooking, and have redactions of period recipes

• The unofficial culinary guild of the Outlands "The Stewpot"
• 14th Century English Feast
• Archaeological Finds of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Viking Foodstuffs
• Cariadoc's Recreational Medievalism Page:  Includes links to the on-line version of The Miscellany
• Or go straight to the Recipe Table of Contents from Cariadoc's Miscellany
• Cooking in Ostgartr
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ancient Cookery
• Medieval Cookbooks - An Annotated Bibliography by Jaelle of Armida
• Medieval recipes from events
• Medieval/Renaissance Foods Homepage
• Menu and Recipes for Wile the Winter Away, December 3, 1995
• Rayne's SCA Feast Survey
• Serve It Forth!:  A periodical forum for SCA cooks, containing book reviews, recipes (both original and redacted), feast plans, tips on kitchen management and the preparation of feasts, anecdotes, and articles and research about all of the above.
• St Valentine's Day Massacre & Feast Cookbook XXV
• Terry Nutter's Culinary History Zone
• Cindy Renfrow's Culinary & Brewing History Links
• Culinary gleanings from John Gerard's Herball
• Ellen Szita's Contemporary Guide to an Ancient Spice:  Saffron - History, myths, and tips about saffron, by the author of a book on the subject.
• Fias Co Farm - A site with some information and advice on cheesemaking. Has a list of recommended supplies and some links on where to find them. Includes plans for building a cheese press. Also has a section on dairy goats.
• Food and Feud in Saga Iceland
• Food Recreation Sites from Open Directory Project
• Goat Milk and Cheese Site - A collection of links related to goats milk and cheese. One link is to a cheesemaking list on yahoo groups.
• Herbs & Poisons
• Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes
• Medieval European Recipes
• The Olde Cookery Book

Food in Art: paintings of food within period

• Giuseppe Arcimboldo - period artwork with lots of fruits and vegetables used to make portraits

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