Historic Food for Historic Appetites: Viking Age and Early English Clean Food for Everyday Feasts
A selection of ten delicious, easy, and authentic Viking Age recipes, as enjoyed in the best selling historical fiction series, The Circle of Ceridwen Saga. The culinary traditions of two great cultures - Anglo-Saxon and Norse - meet, bringing the adventurous modern cook Honey Cakes, Barley Browis, Venison Pie, Lavender-scented Pudding and other easy yet authentic dishes. Recipes are written with oven temperatures in Celsius, gasmark, and Fahrenheit scales, and the book includes conversion charts for cups, milliliters, ounces and grams. Complete with journaling pages to add your own notes and amendments, illustrated with charming medieval woodcuts, and enriched with a wealth of information about early cooking ingredients and methods, The Circle of Ceridwen Cookery Book(let) will delight any fan of the novels, and serve as a source of inspiration for all interested in authentic old foodways. Join us and get cooking!
I write the kind of book I want to read myself. I write about history as a way to better understand my own times. I write about people who arefar better, and (I hope) far worse than myself. And beautiful objectsinspire me: the hand-carved combs, skilfully wrought swords, and gemmedgoblets of the world of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga. Almost everythinginterests me; I've studied Anglo-Saxon and Norse runes, and learnt tospin with a drop spindle. My path has led to extensive on-site researchin England, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Gotland - some of the mostwonderful places on Earth. My other works include the novella The Taleof Melkorka, based on a story from the Icelandic Sagas; Ride: A Novella, a retelling of the story of Lady Godiva; and Light, Descending, abiographical novel about the great John Ruskin. I've been the fortunaterecipient of Artistic Fellowships at the Ingmar Bergman Estate on Fårö,Gotland; the MacDowell Colony, Ledig House International, andByrdcliffe.
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