Christopher Monk

Premium content: galentine

Here’s a bonus for Premium Content subscribers. The entry for ‘galentine’ from my medieval culinary glossary.

Premium Content: Reading of Russell’s Ypocras

Premium Content: Listen to me read 56 lines from John Russell’s C15th poem, Boke of Nurture… all about making hippocras.

Medieval culinary glossary: hippocras

It’s the letter H in my glossary. And H is for hippocras. There’s a new YouTube video, too, for you to watch. All about John Russell’s 15th-century recipe for this spiced, sweet wine.

Medieval culinary glossary: grains of paradise

An essential pepperiness with woody and citrus notes… grains of paradise! More from my medieval culinary glossary.

Medieval culinary glossary: frumenty

What was frumenty? What was it eaten with? Did King Richard II eat it? The latest excerpt from my encyclopaedic glossary of ingredients and culinary terms in Fourme of Cury.

Premium Content: Reading Chycches

One for my Premium Content Subscribers. Listen to me read the Middle English recipe Chycches. With translation and commentary on the recipe.

Medieval to Modern: Smoked chickpeas experiment

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in developing and creating a modern version of a medieval dish? After all, medieval recipes are very often light on detail, not just in their refusal to give out quantities or proportions of ingredients but also in their timings, and even in their actual methodsContinue reading “Medieval to Modern: Smoked chickpeas experiment”

Medieval culinary glossary: ears

‘Nose to tail’ eating is nothing new. Here’s the latest excerpt from my medieval culinary glossary.

Medieval culinary glossary: dittany

Dittany, or dittander, is the fourth excerpt from my medieval culinary glossary.

Medieval cookery glossary: caudle

Here’s the third of my excerpts from my forthcoming comprehensive glossary of ingredients, equipment and culinary terms in Richard II’s Fourme of Cury, c.1390: caudle caudel. A hot, thickened drink, sometimes incorporating wine or ale. Also, a type of sauce. ‘Caudel ferree’ (recipe 41, chapter 9) is a very sweet and, for the time, aContinue reading “Medieval cookery glossary: caudle”