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The alphabetical list of English recipes follow (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 308 recipes in total:
| A dauce egre (Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce) Origin: English | Blank Desne (White Desire) Origin: English | Cinnamon Biscuits Origin: England |
| A Potage of Roysons (A Pudding of Raisins) Origin: English | Blank Dessorre Origin: English | Clarrey (Claret) Origin: English |
| Acorn and Hazelnut Pap Origin: Ancient | Blank Maunger Origin: English | Clay-baked Birds Origin: Ancient |
| Acorn Coffee Origin: Ancient | Blaunche Powder (Blanche Powder) Origin: English | Clay-baked Duck Origin: Ancient |
| Acorn Pan Bread Origin: Ancient | Boiled Nettle Pudding Origin: Ancient | Clay-baked Fish Origin: Ancient |
| Alexanders Sauce Origin: Ancient | Brandy Snaps Origin: English | Cod and Oysters in Beer Origin: Ancient |
| Almond Mylk (Almond Milk) Origin: English | Brewet of Ayrenn (Scrambled Eggs) Origin: English | Coltsfoot Wine Origin: Ancient |
| Ancient Fruit Pease Pudding Origin: Ancient | Broom Flower Wine Origin: Ancient | Comarye Origin: English |
| Ancient Nettle Beer Origin: Ancient | Bruet Sarcenes (Saracen Brewet) Origin: English | Compost Origin: English |
| Ancient Pancakes Origin: Ancient | Bryndons Origin: English | Connates Origin: English |
| Ancient Pease Pudding Origin: Ancient | Bukkeande Origin: English | Connynges in Clere Broth (Rabbits in Clear Broth) Origin: English |
| Ancient Pork Stew Origin: Ancient | Burdock Beer Origin: Ancient | Cornish Splits Origin: England |
| Ancient Savoury Griddle Cakes Origin: Ancient | Bursews Origin: English | Cotswold Dumplings Origin: English |
| Ancient Sweet Griddle Cakes Origin: Ancient | Butter Tarts Origin: England | Crème Bastarde (Custard Sauce) Origin: English |
| Ancient Yeast Waffles Origin: Ancient | Buttered Wortes (Buttered Greens) Origin: English | Cream Tea Cakes Origin: England |
| Apple Muse Origin: English | Caboches in Potage (Cabbage Stew) Origin: English | Cream, Fruit and Honey Origin: Ancient |
| Apple Wine Origin: Ancient | Capoun or Gos Farced (Stuffed Capon or Goose) Origin: English | Crustardes of Flessh Origin: English |
| Appulmoy (Apple Stew) Origin: English | Caraway Cake Origin: England | Dandelion Beer Origin: Ancient |
| Aquapatys Origin: English | Caudell Origin: English | Dandelion Flower Wine Origin: Ancient |
| Ash-cooked Shellfish Origin: Ancient | Celtic Pork and Apple Stew Origin: Ancient | Daryols Origin: English |
| Bake Mete Pye (Pie of Baked Meat) Origin: English | Chardwardon Origin: English | Devon Flats Origin: English |
| Barley Bread Origin: Ancient | Charlet Origin: English | Digestive Biscuits Origin: England |
| Barley Gruel Origin: English | Charlet Yforced (Meat Charlet) Origin: English | Dock Rissoles Origin: Ancient |
| Basic Pastry Origin: English | Cherry and Raisin Loaf Origin: England | Drawen Benes (Mixed Beans) Origin: English |
| Beans and Caraway Origin: Ancient | Cherry Wine Origin: Ancient | Easter Biscuits Origin: English |
| Beer Cakes Origin: Ancient | Cheshire Brawn Origin: English | Easter Ledge Pudding Origin: Ancient |
| Beetroot and Chocolate Loaf Origin: English | Cheshire Potted Cheese Origin: English | Eccles Cakes Origin: England |
| Beetroot, Apple and Potato Cakes Origin: English | Chickenes Endoryed (Gilded Chicken) Origin: English | Elderflower Cordial Origin: Ancient |
| Beetroot, Red Onion and Orange Ragú Origin: English | Chickweed Salad Origin: Ancient | Elderflower Wine Origin: Ancient |
| Belvoir Ginger Cake Origin: England | Chickweed Soup Origin: Ancient | Elus Bakyn in Dyshes (Eels baked in dishes) Origin: English |
| Benes y Fryed (Medieval Fried Beans) Origin: English | Chocolate Chip Scones Origin: England | English Cottage Pie Origin: England |
| Black Dumplings Origin: Ancient | Chocolate-flavoured Digestive Biscuits Origin: England | English Sack Origin: English |
| Blackberry and Pea Salad Origin: Ancient | Chyches (Roast Chickpeas) Origin: English | |
| Blackberry Juice and Seaweed Pudding Origin: Ancient | Chyryse Origin: English |
You can find more classic British recipes (well over 1000, from all parts of the British Isles) on the British Recipes page.
Senegal was formerly the capital of French West Africa and the French influence remains strong in the country, not least in the cooking. French cooking techniques and European vegetables mix with rice, fish and hot chillies to yield a cuisine that is vibrant exciting and above all tasty. Try out two classic Senegalese dishes for yourselves here.
Chillies are a South American fruit, unknown to the rest of the world before 1492. Learn about this amazing spice and find two rather unusual chilli-based recipes for a jam and a sorbet
If you are from the US or the UK looking at a recipe from the other side of the Atlantic there are probably many unfamiliar terms in the recipes you encounter. This glossary brings together many of the culinary terms that differ between the tow sides of the Atlantic, making it easier for you to understand recipes from the other side of the pond.
Much of what we know, historically, about English cookery originates from the grand houses, as only these recipes were written down in recipes. The food of the 'common man' had to rely on oral tradition to be transmitted through the ages. As a result we know far more about the cookery of the grand houses than the cookery of the common man. This all changed in the Victorian ear with the rise of the middle classes and the adoption of recipes, spices and cookery methods from elsewhere in the world.
Ghana is one of the most fertile and productive of West African countries. It is also the inheritor nation of the Ga and Ashanti poeples, ancient rulers of West Africa. The cuisines of Ghana are diverse and characterized by he use of chillies, native spices and boiled eggs in the cooking. Here you will find two typical Ghanaian recipes.
Spring is the time for new resolutions and to make the best of fresh and new ingredients. Spring lamb and fresh rhubarb are at their best now and these two classic recipes show off these ingredients at their best. Here you will see some of the best of traditional British cookery that will allow you to make a spectacular meal from these ingredients.
Liberia is a West African country formed by freed slaves. It is one of only two African countries never to have come under European rule. Liberia is also one of the few African countries with a tradition of baking. Sitting alongside these are ingredients sourced directly from the rainforest.
Humans have been making cheeses as long as they have been farming and cheeses represent a versatile and useful storage food available in a staggering array of variants. Learn a little about cheese and discover two classic cheese-based recipes.
Fruit have been a crucial part of the human diet for half a million years and more. Here you will learn a little about why fruit are so important and why certain foods are called 'fruit'. You will also learn a little about superfoods, what they are and what the next superfoods will be.
Ethiopia is one of the most ethnically, geographically and religiously divers countries in the World. Indeed, it's one of the world's oldest countries and the second country to have become officially Christianized. Ethiopian cuisine is also unique and wholly native and here you will find a taster of that cuisine, with a classic bread and stew combination.