Food is a defining element of any culture, in any period of history and medieval recipes are a great example of that. Recipes reflect the true, prevailing tastes and culture of people, both rich and poor, who lived in medieval times. The ingredients available to people then for cooking, the climate in which they were produced and the social hierarchy all combined to produce a unique style of cookery. Click here to read how medieval food was regarded – a fascinating study.

Looking back through history, both before and after the medieval era, the food people ate offers us a greater understanding of they lived – from Roman times to Renaissance Europe. However, we feel that there is perhaps no more fascinating a time in history than medieval Europe. A time when the colour and romanticism of chivalric tales is matched by that of the elaborate and colourful feasts of lavish banquets.

So it is that recipes have prevailed from that time, passing down through generations and offering us an insight into the lives of our ancestors. The cookery of medieval England forms the core foundation of our research into the subject and also how food was regarded, with the majority of dishes dating from 1300 to 1485 (the advent of the Tudor dynasty in England).

Medieval Recipes & History: A Passion

This website has been developed through a passion for 2 things: food and medieval history. We hope it will be a useful and enjoyable resource for anyone interested in cookery from the medieval period. You might be a student of history interested in learning more as part of medieval life studies, you might be someone who loves to cook looking to experiment with new ideas or you might own your own restaurant, hotel or pub and be looking to expand your menu for special occasions.


Whoever you are and whatever your reason for being interested in medieval recipes, we hope you will find something of interest here. If you are an enthusiastic cook looking to explore new culinary horizons then we hope you create some delicious dishes based on our medieval recipes. Don’t forget to return and also please check our blog for new and ever interesting posts. There is so much to cover and we will be adding new material all the time.