Medieval and renaissance cookery varies a lot, from the weird, the wonderful and the absolutely delicious. Phoenix Rise has feasts quarterly where a theme is chosen, either by period and region, or food theme, and then new recipes are tried in order to expose people to the flavours of the medieval and renaissance world.
These feasts began where three dishes were chosen and cooked for up to eight people, with one recipe being chosen, reviewed and published in Stormscroll. As cooking skills in the group improved, and the group got larger, more formal feasts began with published menus and over twenty people attending. Not all of our larger feasts are represented here as some were potluck, so there is no standing menu and recipe collection.
These are all recipes that have been used for Phoenician feasts, some are redacted by group members and others are by other people.
Late Medieval English Recipe Resources List of printed manuscripts with links to those accessible online.
Spices in Late Medieval England Discussion of the ways in which spices were used in cookery and what this meant.
Gode Cookery, great website for redacted recipes and discussions of food.
Libro della Cucina, c.1400 cookery book from Tuscany
Libro di cucina/Libro per cuoco, c.1400 cookery book from Venice
Libro di cucina/Libro per cuoco in English
An Andalusian Cookbook, 13th century cookery book from Andalusia, southern Spain, whilst a Moorish territory.
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