Here I present: Steven Masters,GASTRONOMICAL TIME TRAVELS: A Journey Through Time with Recipes from Ancient Rome to the 20th Century, 2023.
This is a cookbook that emphasizes the recipes history, as well as the recipes geography. The “table of contents” of the cookbook is listed BELOW. The cookbook sections are: 1. beverages/cocktails, 2. appetizers, 3. main dishes, and 4. dessert.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Beverages & Cocktails
Spiced Honey’ Mead (Medieval Europe).
Posca – Vinegar Beverage (Ancient Rome).
Hot Buttered Rum (Colonial America)
Sack Posset (Elizabethan England).
Absinthe (Belle Époque France).
Pisco Sour (19th Century Peru).
Mint Julep (Antebellum Southern US).
Victorian Lemonade (Victorian England).
Prohibition-Era Mocktails (1920s America).
Classic Martini (1950s America).
2. Appetizers
Gustatio with Moretum – Cheese and Herb Spread (Ancient Rome).
Medieval Pottage (Medieval England).
Oysters Rockefeller (Late 19th Century US).
Victorian Deviled Eggs (Victorian England).
Baked Brie enCroûte (19th Century France).
Blini with Caviar (Tsarist Russia).
Tapenade (Ancient Greece).
Smørrebrød (19th Century Denmark).
Antipasto (Early 20th Century Italy).
Shrimp Cocktail (Mid 20th Century America).
3. Main Course
Coq au Vin (Ancient Gaul).
Tudor Pie (Tudor England).
Chateaubriand (19th Century France).
Paella (19th Century Spain).
Biryani (Mughal Empire).
Lobster Newberg (Late 19th Century America).
Wiener Schnitzel (19th Century Austria).
Chicken a la King (Early 20th Century America).
Beef Wellington (Mid 20th Century England) .
Moussaka (Ancient Greece).
Haggis (18th Century Scotland).
Peking Duck (Imperial China).
Jambalaya (19th Century Louisiana).
Hungarian Goulash (19th Century Hungary).
Shepherd’s Pie (Victorian England).
Chicken Tetrazzini (Early 20th Century America).
Osso Buco (20th Century Italy).
New England Clam Chowder (19th Century America).
Corned Beef and Cabbage (19th Century Ireland).
Boeuf Bourguignon (20th Century France).
Ratatouille (Late 18th Century France).
Bangers and Mash (WWII England).
Spaghetti Carbonara (20th Century Italy).
Classic Hamburgers (Mid 20th Century America).
Lamb Tagine (19th Century Morocco).
Chicken Marengo (Napoleonic France).
Beef Stroganoff (19th Century Russia).
Tacos al Pastor (20th Century Mexico).
Lobster Thermidor (Early 20th Century France).
4. Desserts
Roman Honey Cakes (Ancient Rome)
Medieval Gingerbread (Medieval Europe).
Sacher Torte (19th Century Austria).
Baked Alaska (Late 19th Century America).
Victorian Sponge Cake (Victorian England).
Apple Charlotte (Early 20th Century England).
Tiramisu (20th Century Italy).
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Mid 20th Century America).
Crème Brûlée (17th Century France).
Black Forest Cake (20th Century Germany).
