LAST EPISODE
S2026 E18 · Feeding the Last Tsar of Russia - Pelmeni for Nicholas II
0.0/10May 5, 2026
29m
Love Food? Can't get enough of History? Then you've come to the right place. Every Tuesday, Max Miller shows you how to make a different historic dish while exploring the history surrounding it.
LAST EPISODE
May 5, 2026
29m
How to Make Medieval Cheese
Feb 25, 2020
I'll show you step by step and give a bit of the history of cheese, from Egypt, to Greece, to WWII and Nixon. Learn how we went from curdled milk in a sheep stomach to the wide world of cheese we know today.
Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the Sambocade
Mar 3, 2020
In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.
Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere
Mar 10, 2020
In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England.
Cooking Medieval Dessert for Lent: Bruet of Almaynne in lente
Mar 17, 2020
I show you how to make your own almond milk and look at the medieval diet during Lent and other fasting. I also explore some of the ways people made sure they could still eat well while observing their fast, even if that mean considering a beaver a fish.
Apple Muse for the Plague - The Four Humors
Mar 24, 2020
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Weird Cures for the Black Plague - Candied Horseradish
Mar 24, 2020
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What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?
Mar 30, 2020
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How to Make a MEDIEVAL TRENCHER - Torte Bread
Apr 7, 2020
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Cooking A CAPON Dish For A Medieval King - Sweet Measure
Apr 12, 2020
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Making Medieval Fig Spread - Rapé - History of the Fig
Apr 17, 2020
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Making a Medieval TART DE BRY (Brie Tart) - Brie: The King of Cheese
Apr 28, 2020
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Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes - How Not To Burn King Alfred's Cakes
May 5, 2020
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The Softest Bread In England - How To Make 18th Century Sally Lunn Buns
May 12, 2020
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How to Bake Medieval Rastons - The Life of a Miller
May 19, 2020
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History's Fluffiest Dessert! - Everlasting Syllabub
May 26, 2020
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Cooking from THE FORME OF CURY: England's First Cookbook - Galyntyne Sauce
Jun 3, 2020
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I finally made GARUM - Ancient Rome's favorite condiment
Jun 9, 2020
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Oldest Cookbook in the West - APICIUS - Ancient Roman Mussels
Jun 16, 2020
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A Tart to Topple a King - Lombardy Custard
Jun 23, 2020
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A Dish for the First 4th of July... and why it should be on the 2nd.
Jun 30, 2020
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The Poisonous History of Tomatoes - Pomodori Farciti all’Erbette (1773)
Jul 7, 2020
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The Bread of ANCIENT ROME - Pompeii's Panis Quadratus
Jul 14, 2020
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Making Hippocras at Home - Medieval Spiced Wine
Jul 21, 2020
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Civil War Bread Pudding
Jul 28, 2020
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KYKEON - The Drink of Greek Heroes
Aug 4, 2020
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Payasam - Medieval India & Dessert for the King
Aug 11, 2020
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The Wonderful History of Pancakes
Aug 18, 2020
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Loseyns - Medieval English Lasagna!
Aug 25, 2020
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The Strange Flavor of Parthian Chicken from Ancient Rome
Sep 1, 2020
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FARTS OF PORTINGALE - A Shakespearean Treat
Sep 8, 2020
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Quesadillas Cernidas & Aztec Maize
Sep 15, 2020
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Yuanxiao from the Ming Dynasty
Sep 22, 2020
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Precedella - 1500's Pretzels made with Wine
Sep 29, 2020
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Spartan BLACK BROTH - Melas Zomos
Oct 6, 2020
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Scappi's Renaissance Herb Torte
Oct 13, 2020
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The History of Sugar Part 1 - Medieval Arabian Pistachio and Rose Candy
Oct 20, 2020
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The History of Sugar Part 2 - Victoria Punch
Oct 27, 2020
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Soul Cakes & Trick-or-Treating
Oct 30, 2020
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Silphium: The Lost Aphrodisiac of Ancient Rome
Nov 3, 2020
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Making Medieval Mead like a Viking
Nov 10, 2020
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Pumpion Pie from 1670
Nov 17, 2020
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What Did Medieval Peasants Eat?
Nov 24, 2020
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Figgy Pudding - A Victorian Christmas Tradition
Dec 1, 2020
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Unwrapping Aztec Tamales - The Tamale Wars
Dec 8, 2020
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Celebrating Saturnalia with Cato's Globi
Dec 15, 2020
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Making Medieval Gingerbread
Dec 20, 2020
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Eggnog: A Christmas History
Dec 22, 2020
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A 4000 Year Old Recipe for the Babylonian New Year
Dec 29, 2020
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