Sarah Peters Kernan

Writing

I enjoy writing about a variety of culinary history topic, including stains in manuscript cookbooks, medieval bread laws, the symbolism of strawberries in Books of Hours, and recipe book transcription events. Click on the images below to access selected writings for academic and public audiences.

Book

Sarah Kernan, Helga Müllneritsch, eds. Culinary Texts in Context, 1500-1800: Manuscript Recipe Books in Early Modern Europe

Amsterdam University Press (2024)

PhD Dissertation

“Trencher (one of a set),” Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. early 17th century, http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/209148.

“For al them that delight in Cookery”: The Production and Use of Cookery Books in England, 1300–1600

The Ohio State University, Department of History (2016)

Articles

Gardens of Knowledge: Cultivating Science and Information in Early Modern Horticultural Books

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog (2024)

Eat Like an Earl: Cookbooks of Medieval and Early Modern England

Oklahoma Humanities, Spring | Summer 2023

Recent Trends in Food History Research in the United States: 2017-19

Food and History, Vol. 18, Issue 1-2 (2020)

From the Bakehouse to the Courthouse: Bakers, Baking, and the Assize of Bread in Late Medieval England

Food and History, Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2014)

Book Reviews

Review of Christopher Woolgar's The Culture of Food in England 1200-1500

Review of Constance Hieatt's Cocatrice and Lampray Hay

Review of Susan Pinkard's A Revolution in Taste

Recipes Project

Teaching Through Virtual Cooking Demonstrations

Around the Table: Re-Introductions

Around the Table: Museum Exhibitions

Around the Table: Digital Resources

Around the Table: Events

Around the Table: Museum Exhibitions

Around the Table: Events

Around the Table: Museum Exhibitions

Around the Table: Introductions

Old Cookbooks, New Audiences

Records and Reminiscences: Some Interesting Aspects of Chiquart’s Du fait de cuisine (1420)

Strawberries: Delicious and Devotional

Wyl bucke his Testament, or, an Ode to Dining on Venison

Illustrated Recipes in Crophill’s Cookery

To Make a Fine Apple Pye

Medieval Cookery Rolls as Practical Kitchen Texts

A November Feast in Medieval Europe

Image Credits: “Trencher (one of a set),” Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 64.101.1584, ca. early 17th century; “December Calendar Page; Baking Bread,” J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 14 (85.MK.239), fol. 8v, ca. mid-1200s. Please visit the links above for all other image credits.