Group blog
We are an international group of scholars interested in the history of recipes, ranging from magical charms to veterinary remedies. Old recipes can tell us a lot about the past, such as how medicines were prepared, when certain foods became popular, or why ingredients might be magical. Join us as we explore the weird and wonderful world of recipes!
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
Posts Early Modern Ingredients Food and Drink medicine Remedies Manuscripts Knowledge Transmission Family and Household Material History Women and Gender Experimentation Modern recipes Medieval Teaching Bodies Research and Writing Plants and Herbs Tools and Techniques
The Embedded Recipe: Vibration Cooking as Literature
13 November 2023
By Rhiannon Scharnhorst “Afro-American cookery is like jazz—a genuine art form that deserves serious scholarship and more than a little space on the bookshelves” (Smart-Grosvenor...
Transpacific Kitchens: The Makings of the Diasporic Kusinera
26 October 2023
By GJ Sevillano “Through my family’s many moves to many different cities, I began to connect the dots of my life. Every single dot I connected was a pot…that form[s] a picture...
Recipes for Sacred Porridge in Post-Earthquake Turkey
24 October 2023
By Su Hyeon Cho Mid-August is the grape harvest season in Vakfılı, an Armenian village perched on the mountainous region of the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay. Tasting grapes...
24 October 2023
By Geeta Budhraja This is the apéritif to what I hope can translate into a larger comprehensive project on the delights of Anglo-Indian cuisine. Born into a family where conversations...