Medieval Cooking

David’s Cooking Site: Cooking Martino
David Walddon decided to take on an enormous task and cook his way through “Libre de Arte Coquinaria” by Martino di Como and blog about it. Just the kind of thing I find terribly interesting and exciting. The recipes that he has completed are cataloged here and include his [...]

Recently, I find myself considering what food really means to me. It’s clear that food is important to me, I wouldn’t be what I am if it wasn’t. But, what does it really mean? The answer that I have found is that it is about building community and sustaining family. I [...]

I apologize for this being two weeks in a row that I deviated from general food content and am addressing medieval recreation specifically. I am a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism [SCA] and participate in the Arts and Sciences community. Part of what I love about being in the organization is [...]

The “Spice Box” article was done with the intention of pushing myself to do something difficult and taking the time that I had (which was short) and producing something that was a good starting point. I believe that I did succeed in doing that and there is a lot of really good information in [...]

Yes, you read that right.
Food Deserts: A food desert is a district with little or no access to foods needed to maintain a healthy diet, but often served by plenty of fast food restaurants. (Wikipedia, 2009)
Since “access” is defined in a number of ways, including a lack of knowledge about how to turn ingredients into [...]

The 2009 Annual Farm to Table Conference
April 3, 2009- April 4, 2009
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown
Keep it Real, Keep it Local
Tickets: $25 for the conference and $25 for food tasting, which is scheduled for Friday night.
Conference Highlights:
• Farmers Market
• Expanded Health Expo
• Cooking Demonstrations by Chefs and Dieticians
• [...]

There are entire lists of great reasons to eat locally, which is why I’m not going to re-iterate them here. The fact remains that the mainstream still looks at the Locavore diet to be kind of a Treehugging-Granola- Lefty-Green thing to do, which is where our President enters the picture.
Okay, I admit that it’s still [...]

I know that discussing HFCS in public breaks the ‘no politics or religion’ rule. I break that rule regularly, so here I go again: I am very much against the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) in foods. Frankly, I have significant issues with the amount of sugar that Americans consume in general, from [...]

For the last six years, Tuesday nights have been very important and special to me.  It’s a strange night of the week to get excited about, I know, but it is the high point of my week.
What makes Tuesdays so special is Tuesday Night Dinner.  It started as “Buffy Night”, where we’d all get together for [...]