Historic recipes

Browse our royally delicious collection of Victorian recipes for everything from Battenberg cake to kedgeree.

Can you imagine the cuisine of our ancestors from the Thirteen Colonies? For years, I believed that I couldn’t imagine eating only a few dishes every single day, including corns, sunflowers, or meat. It sounds so ... Read more

Rediscover the original Waldorf Salad through three vintage recipes from a century-old cookbook, perfect for lovers of classic American cuisine and historical recipes. Pin now to bring a touch of history, delicious flavors, and culinary nostalgia to your table later! 🥗🍎🍇

In a land as diverse as Australia, there’s a lot of local food to put on your plate. Check out our list of Australian food: 40 dishes locals call their own.

Take a culinary trip into the past with this modern rendition of a historic recipe. “Take one pound of apples stew them & sweten [sweeten] them to your taste add some spice one glass wine on[e] of Brandy and four eggs beat to a froth.” (Miss Catharine Baker’s Receipt Book by Catharine Baker, 1814)

This old-fashioned pumpkin pie recipe has a nice smooth texture and a sweet and mild pumpkin flavor with a hint of spice.

15 vintage pie recipes that have been handed down for decades or even hundreds of years. When it comes to pies I think vintage is best! You'll love them!

Disarmingly simple, pastila is lighter than air.

The staple ration for Union soldiers was hardtack, a rock-hard biscuit. But other simple Civil War recipes, like soups, stews and hash, could be made with whatever ingredients the soldiers had on hand.

Thanks to the work of scholars and home cooks, the often challenging work of translating very old recipes has been done for you. This is the Recipes Project.