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Index
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Why the Focus on Fantasy Writers?
Chapter 1. On the Road Again: Keeping Your Party Well Fed On the Road
Backpacking through the Wilderness
There Is a Horde of Orcs Chasing Me. Can We Stop for Some Rabbit Stew?
My Hero Is a Carnivore. He Needs Venison Stew!
Fishing
Foraging Berries and Other Delights
How Do I Carry These Leftovers, and Other Challenges?
My Heroine Is Going to Starve to Death, Isn’t She?
Chapter 2. Loving the City Life
I Ain’t a Religious Man
Fundraising, the Medieval Way
Chapter 3. Where's the Nearest Drive-Thru? Markets, Fast Food, and Community Festivals
The Local Market
Sugar, Spice, and All that’s Nice
Salt
Daily Bread
Fast Food
Feasting
Chapter 4. The Marching Stomach: The Logistics of Feeding an Army
The Human Body
Military Culture
Call to Arms
Eating on the Path to Freedom (or Violence…or Pillage…or Invasion)
What’s for Supper?
The Naval Tradition
Mutiny, Marauding, and Mayhem
Chapter 5. tis' the Season: The Availability of Food
Britain’s Pre-Industrial Agricultural Calendar
The Pantry: Early Refrigerators
Cooking Common Pantry Foods
Trade: Online Selling the Medieval Way
Come to the Dark Side: We Have Bad Stuff
Chapter 6. Where’s the Refrigerator? Food Storage and Preservation, Pre-refrigeration Days
Getting Started in the Kitchen
Making Food Last
Pickling and Preserving Eggs
Pigs Have More Than Bacon
Backyard Goodies
Dairy
Keepin’ Yer Cool
Bacteria, Germs, and Other Fun Things
Why Heroines Have Swords and Not Spatulas
Chapter 7. Golden Palettes and Starving Bellies: The Worlds of the Rich and the Poor
Class Barriers
Meal Time
Caste-based Eating
Pass the Pottage
Charity: It’s Better to Give and Be Seen Than Thought a Miser
Food Myths
Recycling: Waste Not, Want Not
Chapter 8. The Dark Side of Food: Politics, Famine, and Genocide
The Great Famine
The Beothuk Extinction
Gender Politics
Slavery
Chapter 9. Beverages, Beer, and Bottled Water
Coffee
Chocolate
“Tea”
Lesser Known Drinks
Get to the Meads, Ales, and Beers Already
Liquid Bread
Wine
Supped Up Brew
Working Alcohol into Your Story
Water and Disease
Chapter 10. Foods That Heal
The Wife Healer
The Midwife and Nurse
Apothecaries and Shaman-healers
Stocking the Medicine Cabinet
Chapter 11: The Middle of Nowhere
Floating in the Water
Grab Your Snowsuit, We’re Going North
Chapter 12. Recipes to Try
Fried Cod Tongues
Seal Flipper Pie
Salt Beef Dinner
Soldiers’ Couscous (Kuskusû Fityâni)
Fish and Brewis (pronounced "broos")
Pottages
Menu for Pliny the Younger
Meat-filled Pastries
Pound Cake (iv)
Garbage
Pork Fat and Molasses Dip
Pork Buns
Krista's Prehistoric Pucks
Conclusion: And So It Ends
Appendix I - The Agricultural Calendar of Britain
Appendix II - Feast Planning 101
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index
Author Biography
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