The medieval period — also known as the Middle Ages — lasted for around 1,000 years, between the 5th and 15th centuries. When you imagine what people might have been eating, you may think it would be ...

Medieval bakers at work in the 15th century - Hulton Archive Medieval mince pies were big enough to feed an entire family, documents unearthed by the National Archives suggest. Centuries-old recipes ...

For her spring course “Medieval Cairo: A Survival Guide,” Princeton professor Marina Rustow proposed a banquet. Princeton’s Food and Agriculture Initiative explores global food and agriculture as a ...

Making gunpowder is a bit like cooking, except more explosive. Gunpowder makers in the 14th and 15th centuries used black powder brought to Europe from China, then mixed its three ingredients together ...

11:00, Thu, Oct 30, 2025 Updated: 11:02, Thu, Oct 30, 2025 With soup season arriving, I decided to look back into the long-ago past for a recipe to recreate, and found a medieval-era chickpea soup ...