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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Foods of the Age of Exploration and Western Colonialism
Mar
9
12:00 PM12:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Foods of the Age of Exploration and Western Colonialism

*ONLINE* In this cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern European recipes influenced by the Age of Exploration and empire-building of Western colonialism. We will explore this period of culinary exchange and discovery and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes from a variety of European culinary sources.


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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Foods of the Columbian Exchange
Oct
21
1:00 PM13:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Foods of the Columbian Exchange

*ONLINE* In this class, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern European recipes influenced by the Columbian Exchange. This transfer of plants, animals, populations, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds following Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas led to many modern regional culinary identities and dishes. We will explore this exchange of foods and the adoption of culinary identities through reading and interpreting recipes from a variety of European culinary sources.


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The Medieval Spice Trade: Making and Tasting Historical Recipes
Oct
11
1:00 PM13:00

The Medieval Spice Trade: Making and Tasting Historical Recipes

*ONLINE* In this virtual cooking demonstration, we will explore the medieval spice trade through the preparation of medieval European recipes. Learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes featuring an array of historical spices.

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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: The Medieval Spice Trade
Jun
17
1:00 PM13:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: The Medieval Spice Trade

*ONLINE* In this class, which will be conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste medieval European recipes from manuscript sources. We will explore the medieval spice trade and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes featuring an array of historical spices.

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Considering Culture: Music and Food in Interwar America
Apr
30
1:00 PM13:00

Considering Culture: Music and Food in Interwar America

*ONLINE* This seminar, conducted as a musical performance, cooking demonstration, lecture, and discussion, offers a new way to consider American culture between the two World Wars. The instructors, a professional pianist and a culinary historian, will weave together musical and culinary examples of technology, popular and high culture, and foreign influences to speak more broadly about American culture. This seminar is co-taught with Elizabeth Newkirk.

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Tasting and Knowing: The Kitchen as a Space for Historical Inquiry
Feb
12
10:45 AM10:45

Tasting and Knowing: The Kitchen as a Space for Historical Inquiry

*ONLINE* Cooking Demonstration and Presentation at The Ohio State University’s Conference on “The Experimental Archaeology of Medieval and Renaissance Food.”

On February 11-12, 2022, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host its biennial celebration of Popular Culture and the Deep Past (PCDP) at the Ohio State University, with ‘The Experimental Archaeology of Medieval and Renaissance Food.’ As in past years, this event will feature a scholarly conference (with papers, round tables, and other academic events) nested within a Renaissance-faire-like carnival (featuring exhibits, gaming, contests, and activities of all kinds).

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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Autumn Feasts
Nov
13
9:00 AM09:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Autumn Feasts

*ONLINE* In this seminar, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for dishes with ingredients harvested or served each autumn and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Savoring the Summer
Aug
21
1:00 PM13:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Savoring the Summer

*ONLINE* In this cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for dishes inspired by summertime produce and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Early Modern Sweets
Mar
20
10:00 AM10:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Early Modern Sweets

*ONLINE* In this seminar, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste dishes made using early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for sweets and learn about pre-modern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes
Aug
8
9:00 AM09:00

Making and Tasting Historical Recipes

*Online* In this seminar, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste medieval and early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations and learn about pre-modern food culture through reading and making recipes.

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