Tasting History with Max Miller

Beef Bourguignon for the French Peasants from 1885

The Pastry War - When France invaded Mexico over pastry

Eating Like a Victorian Workhouse Inmate - Scouse & Suet Dumplings

Did This Meal Kill Mozart?

Cooking Kangaroo on the World War 2 Australian Home Front

The History of Gumbo in New Orleans

What Did the Builders of Stonehenge Eat?

Nikola Tesla's Weird Eating Habits

Hatshepsut - The Pharaoh they tried to Erase from History

Making Shepherd’s Pie from an 1894 Recipe - Beef or Lamb?

Hardtack Hash from Steerage on a Victorian Ocean Liner

The Brutal Life of a Medieval Butcher

Making 200-Year-Old Mayonnaise - How has it changed?

How to Eat Like Benjamin Franklin

Dining on the Supersonic Concorde

Why is it called Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit)?

The Oldest Recipe in History - Hammurabi's Kanasu Stew

The First Fad Diet of Georgian England

Al Capone's Soup Kitchen

The Great Molasses Flood | Boston Brown Bread

Dinner with Attila the Hun

Surviving on Leather

The King of Siam's Massaman Curry

Medieval French Toast

The History of Ukrainian Borshch

School Lunch from the Great Depression

Feeding a Medieval Outlaw

Irish Soda Bread from 1836

First Class Breakfast on the RMS Titanic

Feeding the Army of Roman Britain

Dr. Carrot & WWII Propaganda

The Devilish History of Deviled Eggs

French Onion Soup from 1651

World War 2 Ice Cream of the US NAVY

Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Chicken

The History of the Hawaiian Luau

Feasting at a Medieval Tournament

Texas Chili & The Chili Queens of San Antonio

The Original PB&J from 1901

The Original Mai Tai from 1944

Feeding a Greek Hoplite - Ancient Rations

Raspberry Shrub - How to Drink Vinegar

The 1853 Dinner in a Dinosaur

An Alcatraz Prisoner's Meal

How to Brew Civil War Coffee with Sweet Potatoes

The Original Fettuccine Alfredo with No Cream

Making the 2000 Year Old "Pizza" from Pompeii

The Oyster Craze of New York City

How to Eat like a Celtic Druid

Morocco's Iconic Tagine - Mrouzia

Hannibal & the Food of Carthage

Switchel - The Farmer's Gatorade of the 19th Century

Feeding the Ottoman Army - Warrior's Halva

The Real Betty Crocker's Pineapple Upside Down Cake

The 10,000 Calorie Sumo Wrestler Diet - Chanko Nabe

Eat Like a Medieval Nun - Hildegard of Bingen's Cookies of Joy

Rubaboo - Pemmican Stew of Canadian Mounties

Eating like a Lighthouse Keeper from the 1800s

How to Make Old Fashioned Butter

Old Fashioned Halloween Candy & the First Halloween Party

Eating Like an Ancient Greek Olympian

Vienna's Iconic Chocolate Cake

Day of the Dead Bread

Pumpkin Pie from 1796 - A History of Pumpkins

JFK's Last Meal - November 22, 1963

Ancient Roman Garum Revisited

A Military Thanksgiving during World War 2

Feeding Napoleon - Chicken Marengo

The Hindenburg Disaster - Dining on the Zeppelin

The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie - Depression vs WW2

Medieval Christmas Feasts - The Boar's Head

Hot Dr Pepper from the 1960s

The History of Fruitcake

The History of Fish Sauce - Garum and Beyond

1600s Chicken & Cherries with Ken Albala

Rome's Wonder Medicine - Cabbage

Samosas of Mughal India

Feeding a Templar Knight

Icelandic Volcano Bread - Rúgbrauð

Ancient Rome's Naked Fertility Festival

Victorian Vinegar Valentines

Secret Foods of the Spanish Inquisition

Medieval Mardi Gras

Hardtack & Hell Fire Stew

How the Doughnut got its Hole

How to Make Coffee a Better Way

Medieval Irish Food: Peasant to King

Dining Third Class on the RMS Titanic

The True Story of Titanic's Baker

Titanic's Second Class Experience

The Titanic's Crew Member Experience

Punch Romaine from The RMS Titanic

Dining First Class on the RMS Titanic

Anzac Biscuits from World War One

A Tudor Salad for May Day

Victorian Ice Cream & The Queen of Ices

Ancient Greek Breakfast - Teganites

1950's Fish Pudding

The Ninja Diet of Feudal Japan

The History of the Wine Glass

When Potatoes were Illegal

What is Gruel?

The Day the Viking Age Began

The Absinthe Murder

A History of Tacos

A History of Ketchup

Medieval Table Manners

Byzantine Honey Fritters

The Noble Origins of Afternoon Tea

Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci

Catherine the Great & the Volga Germans

Growing an Ancient Roman Garden

Brazil's National Dish

The Original Caesar Salad from Mexico

Whisky - Scotland's Water of Life

The Medieval Saint Diet

Pemmican - History's Power Bar

Ancient Roman Jellyfish for the Black Banquet

History's Real Macbeth

1000 Year Old Jalebi (Zalabia)

Sin Eaters & Funeral Biscuits

Feeding King Tut

Macaroni & Cheese from 1845

What did WWII Soldiers Eat?

The real story of the First Thanksgiving

Japan & the Portuguese Barbarians

Making Medieval Haggis

When Coffee was Illegal

The Marie Antoinette Diet

Christmas in the WWI Trenches - Xmas Rations

What the heck is Wassail?

History of Latkes

How to Make Medieval Cheese

I'll show you step by step and give a bit of the history of cheese, from Egypt, to Greece, to WWII and Nixon. Learn how we went from curdled milk in a sheep stomach to the wide world of cheese we know today.

Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the Sambocade

In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.

Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere

In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England.

Cooking Medieval Dessert for Lent: Bruet of Almaynne in lente

I show you how to make your own almond milk and look at the medieval diet during Lent and other fasting. I also explore some of the ways people made sure they could still eat well while observing their fast, even if that mean considering a beaver a fish.

Apple Muse for the Plague - The Four Humors

Weird Cures for the Black Plague - Candied Horseradish

What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?

How to Make a MEDIEVAL TRENCHER - Torte Bread

Cooking A CAPON Dish For A Medieval King - Sweet Measure

Making Medieval Fig Spread - Rapé - History of the Fig

Making a Medieval TART DE BRY (Brie Tart) - Brie: The King of Cheese

Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes - How Not To Burn King Alfred's Cakes

The Softest Bread In England - How To Make 18th Century Sally Lunn Buns

How to Bake Medieval Rastons - The Life of a Miller

History's Fluffiest Dessert! - Everlasting Syllabub

Cooking from THE FORME OF CURY: England's First Cookbook - Galyntyne Sauce

I finally made GARUM - Ancient Rome's favorite condiment

Oldest Cookbook in the West - APICIUS - Ancient Roman Mussels

A Tart to Topple a King - Lombardy Custard

A Dish for the First 4th of July... and why it should be on the 2nd.

The Poisonous History of Tomatoes - Pomodori Farciti all’Erbette (1773)

The Bread of ANCIENT ROME - Pompeii's Panis Quadratus

Making Hippocras at Home - Medieval Spiced Wine

Civil War Bread Pudding

KYKEON - The Drink of Greek Heroes

Payasam - Medieval India & Dessert for the King

The Wonderful History of Pancakes

Loseyns - Medieval English Lasagna!

The Strange Flavor of Parthian Chicken from Ancient Rome

FARTS OF PORTINGALE - A Shakespearean Treat

Quesadillas Cernidas & Aztec Maize

Yuanxiao from the Ming Dynasty

Precedella - 1500's Pretzels made with Wine

Spartan BLACK BROTH - Melas Zomos

Scappi's Renaissance Herb Torte

The History of Sugar Part 1 - Medieval Arabian Pistachio and Rose Candy

The History of Sugar Part 2 - Victoria Punch

Soul Cakes & Trick-or-Treating

Silphium: The Lost Aphrodisiac of Ancient Rome

Making Medieval Mead like a Viking

Pumpion Pie from 1670

What Did Medieval Peasants Eat?

Figgy Pudding - A Victorian Christmas Tradition

Unwrapping Aztec Tamales - The Tamale Wars

Celebrating Saturnalia with Cato's Globi

Making Medieval Gingerbread

Eggnog: A Christmas History

Gout - The Disease of Kings

Surviving on Tulip Bulbs during World War 2 - Dutch Hunger Winter

Cheese Gnocchi from Medieval Italy

The Original Beef Stroganoff of Imperial Russia

Surviving a Medieval Winter

Feeding Emperor Augustus Caesar - Handmade Roman Cheese

Pineapples - The Most Expensive Fruit in History

The Original Girl Scout Cookie Recipe from 1922

War Rationing on the Italian Home Front during WWII

The History of Pancit in the Philippines

History's Oldest Dessert - 4,000 Year Old Mersu

The History of Hungarian Goulash

How To Host An Ancient Roman Dinner

Ancient Roman Table Manners & Etiquette

What Medieval Fast Food Restaurants Were Like

School Cafeteria Sloppy Joe from the 1980s & '90s

Mulligan "Hobo" Stew from the Great Depression

Feeding the Papal Conclave

The Original Kaiserschmarrn of the Austrian Empire

The Picnic at the Battle of Bull Run

Biryani from 16th Century India

Food in the Trenches of World War One

What did Cowboys Eat on the Open Range?

What is Spotted Dick?

How the Rich Ate During the Gilded Age

Eating aboard a US Submarine during World War 2

How to Eat Like an Ancient Stoic

Typhoid Mary's Peach Ice Cream

The History of SPAM

Feeding the Great Mongol Khan

Did People in the Middle Ages Drink Water?

The Killer Pigs of the Middle Ages

The “True” Origin of Key Lime Pie: Florida or New York?

Eating in Japan During World War 2

Dining at Folsom Prison in 1925: Lamb Curry & Beans

The Deadly Job of a Victorian Baker

Austria's Inbred Emperor who Demanded Dumplings - Marillenknödel

Baking the Original Apple Pie from Medieval England

This Recipe Took 3 Years... Ninja Kikatsugan

The Myth of Mooncakes: Did they topple a Chinese Dynasty?

Caligula - Feeding Rome’s Most Evil Emperor

Ivan the Terrible - Feeding the Evil Russian Tsar

Dracula’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s 1897 Novel

Vlad the Impaler - Feeding the Real Dracula - Pheasant with Cherry Sauce

“Depression Era” Water Pie

A 375 Year Old French Recipe for Pumpkin Soup

Indian Pudding - America’s Forgotten Dessert

How to Eat Like a Medieval Peasant

Gingerbread for Washington's Army

Making Real English Toffee from 1881

What is Turkish Delight? How to make real Ottoman Turkish Delight.

World War 2 Mincemeat Pie for the Battle of the Bulge

Chocolate Wine from 1723

Brewing 3,000 Year-Old Ancient Mesopotamian Beer

Skinny Monk vs Fat Monk: Medieval Rule Breakers

Ancient Roman Fast Food Restaurants

Béchamel & the Death of Monsieur Vatel

The London Gin Craze and Beyond

How to Eat Like a Pirate: Hardtack & Grog

Ancient Nian Gao - Lunar New Year Cake

Semlor - The Dessert That Killed A King

The Legendary Medieval Cockentrice - 1st Anniversary Episode!

Making Ancient Egyptian Bread

Aztec Chocolate - Blood & Spice

Irish Stew From 1900 & The Irish Potato Famine

Queen Victoria's Easter Cake

Fabulous French Feasts of the 1700s

Dragon Heart for a Viking King

Feeding a Roman Legion - Posca & Laridum

How To Feed A Roman Emperor - Vitellius & the Year of 4 Emperors

Ancient Roman Honeyed Pork

Baking An Ancient Roman Cheesecake

An English Manor for a Bowl of Stew?

Korean Flower Pancakes - 17th Century Eumsikdimibang

500 Year-Old Pizza VS Today

Ancient Greek Olives - Gifts from A Goddess

Adobo - Filipino or Spanish?

Toad in the Hole & the Cows of Scotland

Fried Chicken Face-Off - 1911 vs 2021

Coca de Sant Joan & the Fires of Saint John's Eve

A History of Ice Cream - A Recipe from 1789

The Talking Cows of Ancient Rome

Japan's Edo Era Noodles (1643)

History's Most Expensive Spice - Saffron

Pirate Guacamole & Bumbo

Egypt's 28 Ingredient Hummus

Drinking History - The Man in the Green Hat

The Cookbook of Nostradamus - Prophecies in the Kitchen

Escoffier's Kitchen Revolution

The Sweet History of Lemonade

Fannie Farmer & the Modern Recipe

Ancient Egyptian Tiger Nut Cake

The London Beer Flood of 1814

The Lost Episode of Tasting History - Prince Biskets

Feeding A Medieval Knight

Captain Kidd's Punch from 1688

Viking Blood Bread

Feeding a Roman Gladiator

Gladiator Gatorade

Making A Wedding Cake From 1769

Weird Wedding Traditions & the Wedding Sip

Apple & Cheese Pie from 1553

Why Vampires Hate Garlic - A Transylvanian Recipe from 1580

Johnny Appleseed - American Weirdo

450 Year Old Pumpkin Cheesecake

1915 Yorkshire Parkin for Bonfire Night

Ancient Roman Steak Sauce

Tasting Forbidden Flavors

The History of Pecan Pie

Ancient Babylonian Lamb Stew

What did Genghis Khan eat?

The Incredible Spiced Wine of Ancient Rome

Aztec Sacrifice & Pozole

Victorian Christmas Punch

Christmas Mince Pies

A Bakewell Tart from World War One

Christmas Panettone

The Fake (and real) History of Potato Chips

The Legend of the Wiener Schnitzel

Breakfast in Jane Austen's England

Lobscouse, Hardtack & Navy Sea Cooks

Table Manners in the Ottoman Empire - Acem Pilav

Deviled Bones - The History of Hot Wings

The Roman Colosseum: What It Was Like to Attend the Games

Why a Tire Company Gives Out Food’s Most Famous Award

18th Century Spiced Hot Chocolate

Feeding the Shogun: The Feasts of Feudal Japan

What People Ate on Ellis Island

5 Foods that Changed Fast Food Forever

The Original Chef Boyardee Spaghetti Dinner

A History of Waffles - Communion Wafers to Eggo

What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern

What Pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail

Airline Food During the Golden Age of Air Travel

Dining on The Orient Express

What the First Astronauts Ate - Food in Space

Dining on the Luxury Liner Lusitania

Eating on a German U-Boat in WW1

Ancient Egyptian Spiral Bread of the Pharaoh

What Troops Ate On D-Day - World War 2 Meals & Rations

The History of Barbecue

Recreating the Last Meal of Ötzi the Iceman

What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons?

How Gold Rush Miners Ate in the Wild West

Reviving an Old West Ghost Town with Brent Underwood

Making the Black Mead of Medieval France - Bochet

The True History of Deep Dish Pizza

Eating in a Civil War Prison - Andersonville to Elmira

How Strawberries were Accidentally Invented

The Deadly Job of Royal Food Taster

Dr. Kellogg & the Disturbing Invention of Corn Flakes

Cooking on the American Homefront During WWII

The Murder of Egypt's Forgotten Queen

What Was A Real Viking Funeral Like?

How To Make 17th Century Clotted Cream - A History

The History of Brownies

Cooking on the Soviet Homefront during WWII

What Did History’s Pets Eat?

The Wild Parties of Regency England

Beef Tea from a Victorian Hospital

Did Medieval People Eat Breakfast?

World War 2 rations on the British Home Front

Surviving the Titanic - Dining on Carpathia

The Titanic Survivors Arrive in New York - Hamilton Pudding

Candy War: Babe Ruth Vs Baby Ruth

The Myth and Truth behind Croissants - A Recipe from 1850

Election Cake from 1796

Ancient Roman Cheesecake - Savillum

Cooking on the German Home Front During World War 2

Eating in a London Blitz Bomb Shelter

Cranberry Apple Pie & the Invention of Thanksgiving

What did Alexander the Great eat?

Food in the Japanese-American Internment Camps of World War 2

The Great Eggnog Riot at West Point Military Academy

What Are Sugar Plums? How to make real Victorian sugar plums

Christmas During the Great Depression

Making School Cafeteria Pizza from the 1980s & '90s