Cooking, Food, Eating, and Recipes from the Past
The Challenge: “They are a staple for the tables in the most rustic cottages as well as the fanciest banquet tables – and it’s also an idiom meaning a staple or the most basic...
Hello there! Yes, I am indeed alive, and survived my first semester of graduate school! Last year, or rather, in 2014, I found the Historical Food Fortnightly challenge when it was already underway. Then...
The Challenge: “What foods have you always wanted to attempt, but were afraid to attempt to make – or afraid to eat? Choose a dish that is either tricky to create or nerve-wracking to...
The Challenge: “Foodways and cuisine are at the heart of every ethnic group around the world and throughout time. Choose one ethnic group, research their traditional dishes or food, and prepare one as it...
The Challenge: “Have you ever looked through a cookbook from another era and been surprised at the modern dishes you find? Have you ever been surprised at just how much they differ from their...
Not, THOSE sandwiches, the sweet, cakey ones! The Challenge: “Beef Wellington? Charlotte Russe? Choose a dish named after a person, either fictional or real, to create. Bonus points if you can tell us about...
The Challenge: “The 16th [of October] is the anniversary of the beheading of Marie Antoinette (zut alors!). In honor of Madame Deficit, prepare your best cake from a historic recipe. And then eat it,...
I’m joining The Historical Food Fortnightly late. The spirit of the challenge is to create a dish or edible consumable from a pre-1960 recipe every fortnight until May 31st, 2015. Documentation and research are...