Lessons
Let us start this course by forgetting stereotypes. Forget the view of the starving masses and the overfed nobility. Certainly there were famines...
Staples
Seasons and their effect
Travel, regions and medieval food
Bibliography for Lesson 1
Lesson 2: Ingredients and techniques
Medieval cookery was not quite as basic as you might think from the movies. Yes, there were big roasts, but there was also a complex variety of...
Spices
Ingredients
Things people did not eat
Bibliography for Lesson 2
Lesson 3: Religious food, fast food
Life in the Middle Ages was religious, which had an effect on what food people ate and when. Life in the Middle Ages was also marked by the rapid...
Food and Religion
Fast Food
Bibliography for Lesson 3
Lesson 4: Medieval Feasts
When we think of Medieval food, most people think about feasts. Although they were not an everyday occurrence, they are important to how we see the...
What were feasts?
Developing a menu for a feast
Bibliography for Lesson 4
