Apparently I need to be more clear on the functionality of the Medieval Cookbook Search . Every now and then I like to look through the vari...

I experiment on my family, and while even the kids are willing to try strange looking new foods, sometimes the recipes don't turn out. ...

Anyone who has talked to me long enough is probably aware that I am an ardent proponent of digitizing old and out-of-copyright documents and...

I've posted before about breakfast, noting the general uncertainty of whether or not the people of medieval Europe did or didn't ea...

The Kalendarium Hortense was published by John Evelyn in 1683. It contains instructions for what a gardener should do throughout the year....

Last week I came across a post on Lifehacker in which the blogger in question described his change to a flexitarian diet and how he'd ...

Music - Venere Lute Quartet "Aery Entertainments" Mees Hall, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio February 20, 2009 Presented by Ea...

Towards the end of last month, we took a family car trip to Florida. About a third of the way into the sixteen-hour return trip we stopped ...

The Kalendarium Hortense was published by John Evelyn in 1683. It contains instructions for what a gardener should do throughout the year....

There was a recent post on slashfood about haggis , which included a link to an interesting YouTube video . Of course this got me thinking....

[Sorry about the recent lack of posts. Chalk it up to a combination of a minor flu bug and a hectic schedule.] Back in December we had some...

I am filled with geeky excitement! I just received a neat book in the mail. It was found by an acquaintance's mother (thanks to Lauree...

Food Through the Ages: From Stuffed Dormice to Pineapple Hedgehogs Anna Selby Remember When ISBN: 1844680274 This is a really nice book. Ok,...

The Kalendarium Hortense was published by John Evelyn in 1683. It contains instructions for what a gardener should do throughout the year....

So I'm looking at the statistics for the website and I very quickly notice that I'm getting a lot more hits than usual - about doubl...

For the past couple of years I've cooked a big dinner on December 21st to celebrate the winter solstice. Partly it's a traditional ...

Supper at Emmaus Marco Marziale, 1506 Supper at Emmaus (from the Web Gallery of Art ) This painting illustrates one of the problems I have ...

I don't normally let a short story get to me, but one I finished reading yesterday is still bugging me. I won't mention the title o...

Fishmongers Vincenzo Campi, 1580s Fishmongers (from the Web Gallery of Art ) Another late-medieval (depending on your viewpoint) painting b...

Sometimes I feel awfully scatterbrained - I'm well aware that organization is not my strong suit (Oh, and if you've emailed me and I...