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Plague Waters, Chocolate Cures, and Sickdishes: Food and Health in Medieval and Renaissance Recipes

  • College of DuPage 425 Fawell Boulevard Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137 United States (map)

*ONLINE* People have long turned to food to maintain health and cure ailments. In medieval and renaissance Europe, medical practitioners prescribed food and medicines recorded in recipes to preserve health and negotiate times of plague and illness. In this seminar, we will examine this historical relationship between food, health, and recipes. 2 Sessions.

Earlier Event: February 13
Food and Health in Medieval and Renaissance Recipes, NTC+
Later Event: March 9
Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Foods of the Age of Exploration and Western Colonialism