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18thC Cuisine - http://18thccuisine.blogspot.com/
Weblog exploring the cuisine and culture of Nouvelle France at the time of the French and Indian wars. Includes recipes and other articles.

A Biblical Feast - http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/biblical/biblical.html
Cookbook presentation with three sample recipes from the ancient Hebrews.

A Boke of Gode Cookery Recipes - http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm
James Matterer's collection of Medieval recipes translated and adapted for the modern cook.

Ancient Egyptian Recipes - http://www.ancientnile.co.uk/recipes.php
Handful of recipes including Honey Omelette, Sweet Wine Cakes, and Hummus.

Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes - http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/vasard/uk1.html
Quoted from Marcus Gavius Apicius' ancient Roman cookbook "De Re Coquinaria."

Ancient Roman Recipes - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html
Selection of recipes from Marcus Gavius Apicius' cookbook "De Re Coquinaria."

Andalusian Cookbook - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian_contents.htm
An anonymous Andalusian cookbook of the 13th century translated by Charles Perry.

Around The Roman Table - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/233472.html
Eight recipes from "Around the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome," by Patrick Faas.

Byzantine Recipes - http://www.godecookery.com/byznrec/byznrec.htm
Seven reconstructed recipes served by the common people or middle classes.

Cariadoc and Elizabeth's Recipes - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/recipe_toc.html
Medieval European and Near Eastern recipes worked out from period or almost-period sources.

Cressee Recipe - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/cressee/cressee_recipe.htm
Illustrated recipe for an Anglo-Norman pie.

Culinary and Dietetic Texts 1350-1800 - http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/kobu.htm
Historical texts on cookery, food, nutrition and dietetics, presented by Thomas Gloning, Philipps-University Marburg. Mainly in German.

Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project - http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/
Online collection of the most important 19th and early 20th century American cookbooks, viewable as page images.

Food and Recipes of Wartime Europe - http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/chatback/english/food/
Eight recipes from Margaret Patten's cookbooks.

Food In Tudor England - http://tudorhistory.org/topics/food/
Food culture and recipes from the times of the Tudors (1485-1603), when foods from the New World were introduced.

Frugal Recipes From Wartime Britain - http://www.allthatwomenwant.com/wartimerecipes.htm
Recipes from Colleen Moulding's Grandmother to feed her husband and seven children during the Second World War.

Hardtack - http://www.kenanderson.net/hardtack/
History with recipes of hardtack, the most convenient food for soldiers, explorers, and pioneers.

Henry Notaker's Old Cookbooks and Food History - http://www.notaker.com/old_onli.htm
Excerpts from Norwegian cookbooks and links to websites pertaining to historical cookbooks.

Historic American Recipes - http://www.foodbooks.com/recipes.htm
Recipes from classic American cookbooks available in facsimile editions from the Food Heritage Press.

http://jeru.huji.ac.il/food.htm - http://jeru.huji.ac.il/food.htm
Eating in Jerusalem in the periods of the First Temple, the Byzantines, and the early Islamic period.

Lady Logie's Recipes - http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/archives/gems/Logie.htm
Three 18th century Scottish recipes.

Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html
Eight recipes taken from "The British Museum Cookbook" by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson.

Medieval European Recipes - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-european-coll.html
Six recipes taken from "The British Museum Cookbook" by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson.

Medieval Italian Stew - http://www.elook.org/recipes/appetizer/2029.html
Also known as Pie in a Pipkin.

Medieval Recipes - http://www.bitwise.net/~ken-bill/med-p1.htm
Favourite Medieval and Renaissance recipes adapted for the modern cook.

Medieval Recipes - http://www.recipesource.com/misc/medieval/
About twenty recipes at RecipeSource.com.

Medieval Recipes from Various Sources - http://members.tripod.com/BlackTauna/recipes.html
Original texts of the recipes along with a modern workout.

NOVA Online: Real Roman Recipes - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/recipes.html
Real Roman recipes for a day at the baths.

Peggy's Antiquated Recipes - http://www.ghosttraveller.com/peggys_antiquated_recipes.htm
A selection of old recipes classified by period, from the Middle Ages until the 1980s.

Period Recipes - http://www.foodandheritage.com/periodti.htm
Courtesy of the Historic Kitchens of Heritage Toronto.

Pioneer and Indian Recipes - http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg14.htm
Adaptations of recipes prepared by Native Americans or pioneers on the Oregon Trail.

Recipes and Rations - http://timewitnesses.org/english/food/
Eleven recipes from the last half of the last century (in English and German); from Timewitnesses.org.

Recipes from the Twentieth Century - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/494071.html
Sample recipes from the book Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads by Sylvia Lovegren, with short introductory notes on the food fads involved.

Regency Collection - Recipes - http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/recipes/order.html
Recipes from authentic handwritten 'receipt' books of the 18th century.

Sabina Welserin's Cookbook - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Sabrina_Welserin.html
English translation of one of the oldest German cookbooks (1553).

Shakespearean Feast - http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/shak-feast.htm
Information and recipes for an Elizabethan meal.

Some Recipes of al-Andalus - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/veggie.html
Vegetarian recipes of Medieval Spain.

Steamed Mutton Mei-T'u - http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/vexhibit/dragon/recipe.htm
Jurchen recipe for boiled mutton with spices, recorded in the Yuan dynasty (13-14th century).

The Doughboy Cookbook - http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/food.htm
A dozen recipes of a soldier's menu during the First World War, such as Hardtack, Bullets in a Pot, and S.O.S.

The Forme of Cury - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/
Cookbook compiled around 1390 by the master-cooks of King Richard II, viewable as page images.

The Medieval Kitchen - Recipes from France and Italy - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/706842.html
Cookbook presentation with six sample recipes.

The Renaissance at the Dinner Table - http://www.nicomarin.com/ricette_e.htm
Twenty seven Medieval and Renaissance recipes with notes.

Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery-Books - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=cookbk
Middle English texts of two manuscripts, edited by Thomas Austin.

Victorian Recipes - http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/ratty/195/victorian_recipes.html
Recipes from 1893 for cakes and sweets.

Victoriana.com: 19th C. Cake Recipes - http://www.victoriana.com/library/cake.html
Eight cake recipes from Godey's Lady's Book, 1860.

Vintage Cookbooks - http://www.seasonalchef.com/historybook.htm
Recipes from the 19th and early 20th century.

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