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Originally Posted by fengshway
nice workout tom! and the details are interesting, a true renaissance man. I especially enjoy hearing about the food things, and I might decide to dabble in some historical cooking myself---that sounds fun! I have heard of gingerbread recipes that are centuries old.
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My all time favorite restaurant is the
City Tavern in Philadelphia - given my love of history and good food it's a no brainer. Of all the times I've been there I've yet to have a bad meal. One of my favorite dishes (included in their cookbook) is Salmon Corncakes (mmm salmon corncakes...). The beer is provided by
Yards Brewing (also a Philadelphia fixture) - and made from recipes known to or used by the founding fathers. They're modernized for our tastes of course, but they are basically the same recipe.
Which brings me around to
Dogfishhead Brewery and Distillery in DE... They make some interesting beers, the
Midas Touch and
Chateau Jiahu are probably some of the most unique. The former was made from chemical analysis of drinking vessels found in an ancient Babylonian (I believe) tomb. The latter was made from a recipe described on Neolithic pottery. Both are excellent (and no doubt modernized for current taste) and well worth seeking out.
As for historical cooking - one of my favorite sites to peruse is
Gode Cookery - for the aspiring medieval gourmand/cook.
Think that's it for now...
