Tastes of History ran a workshop for the volunteers at Plas Mawr, an Elizabethan townhouse in Conwy, North Wales to teach something of...

Connoisseurs of Roman cuisine may be familiar with the recipes of 'Apicius'. Indeed, 'Apicius' was the inspiration for the Roman recipes...

Although World War II began in September 1939, it was not until January 8th, 1940 that rationing in Britain began. It was not new idea...

For the large majority of people living in the Bronze Age (about 2,500 - 800 BC) to the mid-Iron Age (ca. 300-100 BC) meals were commonly...

There are many recipes from Georgian Britain that could be adapted to recreate your very own pirate banquet. We have selected just a few...

Hosting your own medieval feast may require some effort but can be great fun. Creating the right atmosphere and dressing the table need...

Roman Cuisine Many of the Roman recipes we have reproduced below are taken from 'De re coquinaria' ('On the Subject of Cooking'). This...

Tastes Of History started as experts in recreating Roman era cuisine. The history of food, however, is one of continuity and so our...

Our repertoire has expanded once more. For twelve days in October of 2017, and again for nine days in February 2018, we stretched our...

In support of English Heritage’s 'Feast Exhibition' at Stonehenge in 2018/19, Tastes Of History was asked to recreate some of what...

The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest...

In every issue of BBC History Magazine, picture editor Sam Nott presents a recipe from the past. In this article, from December 2015, Sam...

In the summer of 2015 archaeologists from the University of Edinburgh attempted to recreate a style of Stone Age cooking based on their...

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is native to Asia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. Their original range...

As costumed re-enactors know only too well there are occasions, especially in the height of yet another glorious British summer, when...

Salt is a chemical compound of sodium and chloride (NaCl) and is an essential nutrient, the amount of which in the diet has a direct...

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea italic) is a cultivar of wild cabbage, which originated along the northern and western coasts of the...

With the first week of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's Championship in Wimbledon all but over, it got us thinking about...

Cacao seeds (Theobroma cacao), from which chocolate is derived, has been cultivated by many cultures in Mesoamerica for at least three...

An interesting and somewhat challenging day. After a 5 am start, we drove North through squally showers to spend the day at Birdoswald...