It’s a super interesting and fun read, I loved it.

Not the best idea to read this while I was travelling as I’m sure I ended up eating 3 times more snacks than would have been reasonable. I can’t believe I’m saying this but medieval food sounds awesome. There was this one thing, that’s common in North America, with ground meat pounder, lard and berries that I can’t quite wrap my head around but I really want to try.

Should have started with this, What Kings Ate is non-fiction, and it’s like a fun history book, mixed in with a cookbook, sprinkled with great images of Krista making a mess of her kitchen, to her dog’s delight.

I enjoyed realizing how much I had no clue. City girl, born and bred here, so about 90% of the info was news to me. Our ancestors were so clever and resourceful. I’m so grateful to have refrigerators and supermarkets so that I can afford to read about making cheese rather than having to spend all my day actually making the cheese.

I really liked the mix of history and food, and also learning about places like Newfoundland which I knew very little about.

I think the level of detail is great for people planning a fantasy world, or Dungeons and Dragons players (might want to sneak a copy to your DM if you’re tired of just bread and cheese at every meal). As an unintended consequence I’m suddenly hit with ideas and planning a fantasy world that would have great food, not much else, but great food.