So where do I get my info? A lot of it is available online- which is great news if you are on a budget. There are also a great number of books out there, but I’ll list some of my favorites.
Cookbooks and Recipies
Gode Cookery – A wonderful resource that has a large number of recipes, information on medieval cooking, and even links to period sources. www.godecookery.com
Medival Cookery – a collection of medieval cookbooks. Sortable by county and century. medievalcookery.com
The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy, 14th and 15th-century recipes from France and Italy. This book includes recipes in the original language, translations, and modern redactions. (ISBN-10: 0226706850)
An Ordinance of Pottage is a 15th Century English cookbook that has all the extant recipes in the first part, and then their redactions in the second half of the book. (ISBN-10: 0907325386)
General Medival Cooking Infomation
Gode Cookery – A wonderful resource that has a large number of recipes, information on medieval cooking, and even links to period sources. www.godecookery.com
Life In A Medieval Castle Medieval Food – A great source of information about food and cooking in period. www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/life_04_food.htm
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century – A book that covers all manner of information about life in 14th Century England, including food and some of the reasons why people ate as they did. (ISBN-10: 1439112908)
Medival Health Infomation
Gode Cookery: Messe it Forth – A guide to preparing a feast following humoral theory. Includes a great introduction to the system of four humors. godecookery.com/feastpre/feastpre.htm
Eating Right in the Renaissance – A book that covers all manner of medieval and renaissance health theories, including detailed information about humoral theory. (ISBN-10: 0520229479)
Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden – A collection of essays about medicinal plants from a range of medieval cultures. (ISBN-10: 1843839768)
This is just a small sampling of the many wonderful sources available. Most of the books mentioned are also available used or on Kindle, which will save some money. Don’t forget about local libraries.
Cooking the Medieval Way 