Historic Food in the News

The following links are news and other articles that feature food from Prehistory, Antiquity, The Middle Ages, & Renaissance.

Baking

Bread in the Middle Ages

Medievalists.net

July 4, 2013

How Anne Boleyn wooed Henry VIII with her Maids of Honour custard tarts... and the London tea house still using the recipe that's remained a secret for 500 YEARS

DailyMail.com

January 23, 2015

How to Make Pastry Dough

HowStuffWorks.com

March 3, 2009

Macarons, Macaroons, Macaroni

Slate

November 16, 2011

Medieval Manuscripts: Bread in the 15th-century

Medievalists.net

November 17, 2017

Possible Saxon bread oven found in Sedgeford dig

BBC

July 24, 2013

Preserved bread from Pompeii

The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things

July 22, 2013

Scientist bakes sourdough bread with 4,500-year-old yeast found in Egyptian pottery

CBS News

August 7, 2019

The Great Medieval Bake Off

British Library

August 24, 2016

This Bread Was Made Using 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Yeast

Smithsonian Magazine

August 8, 2019

Who Makes the Best Pastries in Spain? The Nuns, of Course

AFAR

September 26, 2016

Beverages

Alcohol: Social Lubricant for 10,000 Years

LiveScience

December 31, 2012

Beer Lubricated the Rise of Civilization, Study Suggests

LiveScience

November 5, 2010

Boozing With The Bard: How The Masses Find Common Ground With Shakespeare

NPR

January 28, 2018

Burgundy Wine Has Long History In France: Remains Of Gallo-Roman Vineyard Discovered In Gevrey-Chambertin

ScienceDaily

March 16, 2009

Did people drink water in the Middle Ages?

Medievalists.net

July 9, 2014

How to Recreate a Sloppy Ancient Greek Drinking Game

LiveScience

January 14, 2015

Nicely Aged - How archaeologists recreate ancient booze

Slate

January 3, 2015

Origins of Human Alcohol Consumption Revealed

LiveScience

December 1, 2014

The Beer Archaeologist

Smithsonian Magazine

August 2011

This Is What 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Beer Tastes Like

Vice

May 25, 2018

What Was the Drink of Choice in Medieval Europe?

Slate

May 21, 2013

Cookbooks

A samosa recipe (and other culinary delights) from a rare 15th century book

Scroll.In

November 24, 2016

Professor Tries Out Recipes That Are Nearly 4000 Years Old, Shares How They Looked And Tasted

BoredPanda

July 1, 2020

The world’s oldest-known recipes decoded

BBC

November 4, 2019

Cultural

16th century recipes still tasty today

Arizona State University News

September 2, 2010

50 Shades Of Shakespeare: How The Bard Used Food As Racy Code

NPR

April 19. 2016

Ancient Headless Remains Offer Clues To Dietary Structure Of Vikings

RedOrbit

May 4, 2018

Cooking With The Bard: We Suss Out Shakespeare's Forgotten Foods

NPR

April 20, 2016

From 800BD (Before Delia): Britain's first ever cookbook used by monks to feed the aristocrats

DailyMail

April 20, 2013

In Shakespeare's Day, Hunger Tore Through England. His Plays Tell The Tale

NPR

April 23, 2016

In Shakespeare's Plays, Mealtimes Were A Recipe For Drama

NPR

April 18, 2016

Leapin' Lizards! Medieval Arabs Ate the Scaly Creatures

LiveScience

March 5, 2014

Richard III was bottle-a-day drinker, study suggests

BBC

August 17, 2014

Snacking In Shakespeare's Time: What Theatregoers Ate At The Bard's Plays

NPR

April 21, 2016

Vikings brought their animals with them to Britain over 1,000 years ago

CNN

February 1, 2023

Dairy

3,000-year-old butter discovered in Ireland

NBC News

August 31, 2009

Archaeology: The milk revolution

Nature

July 31, 2013

Bog butter: a gastronomic perspective

Nordic Food Lab

October 2, 2013

Neolithic Strainer Hints at Origin of Cheese

Futurity

January 17, 2013

Herbals

1,000-Year-Old Illustrated Manuscript of Herbal Remedies Available Online

My Modern Met

September 20, 2017

Ingredients

A Taste of Edible Feces

Smithsonian Magazine

June 4, 2012

Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment

Smithsonian Magazine

November 2021

Fish Sauce, Ketchup and the Rewilding of Our Food

Smithsonian Magazine

February 28, 2012

Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus

Gastropod

April 18, 2016

Scientists find evidence of wheat in UK 8,000 years ago

BBC

February 27, 2015

The oldest Onion in Denmark

Medievalists.net

December 14, 2014

The world's oldest clove tree

BBC

June 23, 2012

Three cheers for the onion

BBC

January 4, 2015

When sugar was more expensive than gold

Times of Malta

May 30, 2016

Subtleties

Meat Fruit at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London

Eater

July 11, 2014

Miscellaneous

Medieval Pantry Stocked With Spices Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck

Smithsoniag Magazine

February 14, 2023

Renaissance Table Manners

Medievalists.net

November 28, 2013

Research in the restaurant: inspiring modern chefs with medieval cuisine

The Conversation

June 2, 2014

The Taste of Medieval Food

Medievalists.net

December 13 2014

Unfolding The History Of Napkin Art

NPR

August 12, 2015