Undergraduate Research, edited by Laurence Totelin and Joshua Schlachet (November 2018 and October 2019) Hot/Cold: Recipes and Temperatures, edited by Elaine Leong and Marieke Hendriksen (August and December 2018) Dutch Medicines, authored by Sietske Fransen and Saskia Klerk (Fall-Winter 2016) Recipes and the Senses, co-edited by Elaine Leong and Hannah Newton (April 2018). Exploring College of … Continue reading Guest Edited Series →
With the advent of the new year, two members of our editorial team have stepped down from their positions: Recipes Project co-creator Lisa Smith and longtime contributor-and-editor Laurence Totelin. Today we celebrate Lisa and Laurence’s valuable contributions to the project and their service to our community! Amanda Herbert recently spoke with Lisa and Laurence to … Continue reading Around the Table: Celebrating Our Contributors →
By Laurence Totelin Paragraph 285 of the 1861 edition of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management is a recipe for baked red mullet with a sauce of anchovies, sherry and cayenne. As is usual in the Book of Household Management, this recipe starts with a list of ingredients (with quantities), followed by the mode of … Continue reading Cooking up the Romans: Mrs Beeton’s Antiquity →
By Sean Coughlin On 16–18 June 2021, members of the research group A03 at the DFG-funded SFB 980 ‘Episteme in Motion’ and the Institute of Classical Philology, Humboldt-Universität in Berlin (Sean Coughlin, Christine Salazar, Lisa Sherbakova, Kristiane Hasselmann, Philip van der Eijk) held a conference called Traditions of Materia Medica: 300 BCE–1300CE. Over the three … Continue reading Conference Report: Traditions of Materia Medica: 300BCE–1300CE →