Les Leftovers

sort of a food history blog

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Food history videos with Jim Chevallier

Having now accumulated various videos - both produced and recordings of talks - on food history, it seemed useful to provide a guide to thes...

Monday, August 19, 2024

Food of the High Middle Ages: Appendix A – Lists of rations, rents, etc.

This post provides more explicit references for data only summarized in Food of the High Middle Ages . The entries are organized by date and...

Monday, August 5, 2024

Food of the High Middle Ages

Introduction The period Sources Preparations Spices and other flavorings Bread and other baked goods Legislation Common foods Uncommon/emerg...

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About Me

chezjim: Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites" an Outstanding Academic Achievement for 2019; for more about this history of Parisian food, see parisfoodhistory,com . He has appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" and other media outlets.

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