Day 4: What is a Recipe?

Page from Lady Ann Fanshawe's recipe book. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. On Tuesday, we had a lively discussion about favourite ingredients, interpreting changes in recipes, the role of expertise and tools, growing saffron, growing potatoes, the best cows for milk, and making bread, Folger Library highlights... (See here for Tallulah Maait Pepperell's Storify account of Day 3!) We also had medieval friars practicing alchemy and time-travelling cookery here at The Recipes Project. If you m..