St. Thomas guild: Medieval table manners. Check out the amazing aquamaniles!
Peet’s Coffee just bought majority share in Intelligentsia coffee and acquired Stumptown Coffee earlier this year. So, the bitching has begun about “selling out” and how Peet’s is “just in it for the money”. Yes, they are, because every business … Continue reading
#foodhistoryfriday has been inactive for a while, and I wanted to resurrect it as I’ve been compiling links and information the entirely off time and found that it was more useful to put these out in the world, rather than … Continue reading
From the Past Horizons Website: English Heritage (EH) and the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) have made available 84 EH Monographs covering a wide range of subjects, periods and specialisms. EH has a long tradition of producing highly illustrated archaeological monographs … Continue reading
In Pittsburgh, PA we have “Conflict Kitchen” a project created to spark discussion about the cultures that the United States is currently in conflict with. Starting in October, they began featuring Palestinian cuisine and that’s when all hell broke loose. … Continue reading
This week’s focus is going to be archaeology. An archaeological perspective gives us a different vantage point from which to view food throughout history. The Trouble With Blood by Julie Powell from Archaeology Archive. This is an abstract, but you … Continue reading
On Friday, Ivan Day gave an amazing presentation, which I was, unfortunately, unable to attend. I was waiting for some detailed information from those who did attend so that I could share them and this afternoon, Elise Fleming (Dame Alys) … Continue reading
Citing your work is important for a number of reasons, the most important of which are: Giving credit to the authors whose works you have used (whether or not you quote them) Providing a trail so that your readers can … Continue reading
From Parthian Chicken to Flat Breads:Experimenting with a Roman Oven I’ve been fascinated with these for a while and this article is really exciting. h/t to Denise Wolff
I’ve been working on some new research and on an upcoming feast, so it has been a lot of link forwarding from me, for which I apologize. Look at the end of Feb for a paper that is putting Forme … Continue reading
