Medieval News

From archaeological discoveries in Russia and England, to a 15th century recipe on 'Caudell of Almondys', here is some of the things...

Quebec has two basic tourtieres, and many variations for each type, gastronomy historian Jean-Pierre Lemasson told the McCord Museum confere...

When next you reach for a cold one in the buzzing heat of a summer day, you will probably give no thought to the glorious history, complic...

Adventurous cooks might consider one of the recipes in Peter Ross's new book, but the author of the tome on unusual historical cuisin...

The Getty Museum and British Museum have published two cookbooks for those wanting to try recipes dating back to the Middle Ages or ancient ...

Short of inventing a time machine or getting a surprise invite to one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s dinner parties, the chances of snif...

It sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown thriller: A powerful medieval pope makes a secret pact to prop up the fishing industry that ultimatel...

It's dark, chewy and protein-packed. It's fruity-sweet and studded with nuts. Sticky on the inside but smooth on the outside, it tra...

MIT doesn’t seem like a place where you can dine on food from the Middle Ages. But this month, you could prepare, cook, and eat like a 14th-...

In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to ...

Living every moment to the hilt, the characteristic that most describes Alan Coxon is his intense desire to make the past come alive on ever...

A Worcestershire historian has compiled a book of recipes used by Benedictine monks of Evesham Abbey. David Snowden of the Evesham Historica...

A recently published article has revealed some interesting new details about meat consumption in the Middle Ages, including how different re...

Modern thinking says sugar is best avoided but a new exhibition hopes to show that sugar can be good, as Neil Hudson found out. Once upon ...

Yorkshire academics have launched a mouth-watering new exhibition exploring the history of the sweet tooth. The free-to-all exhibition at ...

Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, probably ate fare similar to today's pricey health foods such as cereal, fish and seaweed, a...

A variety of authentic medieval foods will be served at a sold-out banquet at Durham University on March 9th. Organised by university’s Inst...

It’s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was the diet like ...

Archaeologists working at Desyatinny Pit in the historical centre of Veliki Novgorod have found remnants of gardens that used to grow there ...

A new study examining artistic depictions of the Last Supper over the last thousand years has concluded that the food portions depicted in...