Table of Contents

Tempering Medieval Food, Terence Scully * Sorting through the Titles of Medieval Dishes: What Is, or Is Not, a 'Blanc manger'?, Constance B. Hieatt * Interregional Influeences in Medieval Cooking, Johanna Maria van Winter * The Evolution of Culinary Techniques in the Medieval Era, Barbara Santich * Some Remarks on Medieval Cooking: The Ambras Recipe-Collection of Cod. Vind. 5486, Helmut Birhan * Nutrition in the Desert: The Exemplary Case of Desert Ermeticism, Kevin P. Roddy * Jews and Christians at the Lord's Table, Winfried Frey * Hungry Heroes in Medieval Literature, Susan E. Farrier * Pears and Pregnancy in Chaucer's 'Merchant's Tale', Carol A. Everest * The Games Cooks Play: Non-Sense Recipes and Practical Jokes in Medieval Literature, Melitta Weiss Adamson