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Winter 2007 (published November 30)

Special Boar’s Head Feast Edition
- Chapter 1: Greetings, populace of Northshield | by Lady Katlin Laurana Sewal
- Chapter 2: The featured nobility and their place in history | by Mistress Rose Marian of Edgewater
- Chapter 3: Medieval humors | by Countess Gwyneth Felton, OP
- Chapter 4: The French course | by Lady Katlin Laurana Sewal
- Chapter 5: The English course | by Countess Gwyneth Felton, OP
- Chapter 6: The Italian course | by Banamhaighstir Margaret Malise de Kyrkyntolaghe, OP, OL
- Chapter 7: The German course | by Mistress Rose Marian of Edgewater
- Chapter 8: Sotleties and illusion foods: a brief overview | by Banamhaighstir Margaret Malise de Kyrkyntolaghe, OP, OL


Fall 2007 (published September 12)

Recipe Research & Development:
- Twelfth Night or Day cakes | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- My experiments with torta sambucea – a white cheesecake with ginger and elderflower | by Gwyneth Felton
- Breakfast for the Gnomes | by Rose Marian of Edgewater

Miscellany:
- On the properties of sage | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
- An aside: On beer and English customs | by Johnnae llyn Lewis

Resources:
- Obtaining spices and herbs when not at a war | by Johnnae llyn Lewis

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Summer 2007 (published July 15)

Recipes & Resources:
- Comparing apples and oranges | by Gwyneth Felton
- Clarrey and other spiced wines | by Anpliça Fiore
- On the properties of dandelion | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
- Replica molds | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- Italian sausage | by Giovanna di Battista da Firenze

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Spring 2007 (published April 1)

Recipes & Resources:
- Rethinking cinnamon | by Samia al-Kaslaania bint Ayyub
- Orange and lemon drinks of summer | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- On the properties of ginger | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
- The cookbook in hand: seeking out-of-print and used volumes | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- The romance of gardens | by Johnnae llyn Lewis

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Winter 2007 (published February 28)

Recipes & Resources:
- Apician sausages: three examples of reconstructing forced meats of the late Roman Empire | by Kolbrunna Gisladottir
- Candied ginger for remembraunce: two versions | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- On the properties of acelga | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
- Ypocras and spice | by Johnnae llyn Lewis (our first beverage article!)
- Early Irish foods | by Cinniu ingen Cuthbaid

Of Interest:
- Of modern concern: chicken and salmonella
- Great news on the Alessio front

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Fall 2006 (published September 1)

Recipes & Resources:
- The confectioners and the secrets they shared | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
- On the properties of coriander | by Kudrun the Pilegrim

Feast Review:
- A feast for young people | by Lady Sabina de Almeria

Book Review:
- Feast, Fast or Famine: Food and Drink in Byzantium | by Sayyeda Samia al-Kaslaania bint Ayyub

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Summer 2006 (published June 1)

Recipes & Resources:
– Period food colorings | by Faerisa Gwynarden
– French and Italian herb and spice mixtures | by Johnnae llyn Lewis
– On the properties of garlick | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
– Regarding watermelons | by Johnnae llyn Lewis

Miscellaneous:
– A little culinary humor… | by Nuala inghean uí Chaoindealbhain

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Spring 2006 (published March 1)

Recipes & Resources:
- Feeding a Viking appetite | by Ealasaid nic Phearsoinn
- On the properties of dill | by Kudrun the Pilegrim
- A sallet of cold spiced hen with apples and currants | by Rose Marian of Edgewater
- Comments on Italian food | by Ealasaid nic Phearsoinn

Feast Menu:
- An Italian Haire Affaire | by Ealasaid nic Phearsoinn

Book Review:
- Charlemagne’s Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting | by Mistress Rosanore of Redthorn

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Summer 2005 (published July 1)

Recipes & Resources:
- Adventures in medieval portuguese cuisine: playing with primary sources | by Baroness Faerisa Gwynarden
- The anti-bibliography | by Viscountess Aramanthra the Vicious, OL

Feast Menu:
- Lencten-Feorm under Heorotes hrof (spring feast under Heorot’s roof) | by Sayyida Perizada bint Qamar bin Noor al-Zain

Feast Review:
- Lencten-Feorm under Heorotes hrof | by Comtesse Guenièvre du Dragon Vert, CP

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