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did people use to eat mammoth meat early last century? i've just read about being served mammoth meat by the Czar of Russia, meat dug up that's been frozen...

Hi, I have a book called "Food and Drink in Medieval Poland" by the late Maria Dembinska and William Woys Weaver and am trying to find out if it is available...

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Check out this article on the main Christmas Markets in Hamburg, Germany. There is a description of each of the big ones with some trivia thrown in. You can...

Would any of you folks out there describe hundred layers pancakes or hundred layer pancakes?...

antique roman dishes; the second item on the list gives conversions to make your lives easier....

Anybody ever heard of it? I was asked to come up with a recipe for it. Never heard of it. Supposedly a kind of stew, goulash dish based on tomato...

You know, city under siege, all animals dead, so the people had to butcher and cook other people to survive. Do you know some good recipes for a modern day...

Hi, My father enjoys hearth and outdoor Colonial American and Medieval cooking but he has trouble finding some of the rarer spices. I would love to get him...

A Lady Ann Fanshawe writes of a visit to Spain in 1664. She enthuses about Spanish food. One item is "a small bird that lives and fattens on grapes and...

hello to all the members!... im Ryan. a new member!.... well, im a college student taking up engineering!...i hope I can chat with u guys sometime and share...

EAT, DRINK & *S*I*N*G* FOR USE WITH COMPUTERS WITH DVD-ROM ONBOARD - not for home DVD players. Give your party a boost with a professional karaoke show in on...

The DVD of the first season of Lenny Henry's "Chef!" arrived today. Moving through it I ran into a detail I hadn't noticed before. When an order is handed into...

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Hi All, I've been away from the group for a LONG time -- but as I have a question, I'm back, proverbial hat in proverbial hand. A student was asking about...

I have been perusing old cookbooks online and finding interesting recipes to try, and that, of course, leads to many questions. Unfortunately, I have not...

In an old (turn-of-the-last-century) book of recipes from Delmonico's called "The Epicurean" there is a menu for a dinner in honor of the Russian Fleet in...

Another Bigfoot sighting reported in Oklahoma. A newspaper business information web site has the latest photo. see it at:...

I have a question about a Chinese steamboat made of brass. The function of these cooking devices is ingeniously simple. They are for cooking and eating round...

.... is driving me crazy. I've seen one and simply can't recall where it was. Anybody seen it? It's a poem, obviously American, that tells how to make the...

Hi, My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was not meat or...

Yes, it is. I copied the following off the site: "DISCLAIMER: By submitting this form you are agreeing to the following: The information provided on this web...

historical food of BOLGHERI - MANNERED ZUCCHETTINE TO THE PECORINO (second half of the 700) - BERLINGOZZI (The Fine 1500's) - the PRETACCI (Castiglioncello...