Historical cooking

Australia is famous for its healthy food scene—but what about jaffles, sausie rolls, and Tim Tams? Let's show some love to the crazy delicious junk foods that you can only find in Australia.

Food, glorious food, we’re anxious to try it… Okay, okay, I won’t sing anymore, but this is going to be fun and drool-inducing! I’ve been cooking since I was about 10 years old. As a cub scout, I had to cook three meals for my cooking badge (yes, that is a thing). These three meals ... Read more

Most preppers I know are fixated on food, specifically on survival food. Although not nearly as critical as water and air on the totem pole of survival necessities food is still absolutely essential to life, and even before you starve from several weeks without it your energy levels and overall well-being will diminish significantly in ... Read more

A curated list of historical cookbooks online, from Pompeii to WWI. Recipe books you can use for free.

Join Roman bread archaeologist, Farrell Monaco, as she delves deeper into the specifics, the ingredients, the techniques and the tools that made Panis Quadratus the most iconic bread made in the Ancient Roman Mediterranean. Archaeology is delicious!

Can you imagine the cuisine of our ancestors from the Thirteen Colonies? For years, I believed that I couldn’t imagine eating only a few dishes every single day, including corns, sunflowers, or meat. It sounds so ... Read more

journey cakes

A hoard of 18th century recipes passed down from mother to daughter has been discovered in a London archive centre - proving that cooks preferred the sage tips of their mothers, rather than a well-known chef.

Medieval food: What ingredients did people in Denmark have to cook with? Which method did they have to cook with and how did they preserve their food?