What can be learned about the Georgian cuisine through the paintings of Nikolos Pirosmani?
Pirosmani and his work.
Examples of food and beverage in 17th century Sweden
This article deals with the information that can be drawn from historical written sources regarding food in a special geographic area and time period. Sweden stands as an example and the time period is the seventeenth century when Sweden started to raise to power in the Baltic area.
Short overview of wine in Georgia
According to a Georgian legend, God took a supper break while he was creating the world.
Short overview of wheat and bread in Georgia
Humans cannot live on wine alone and, as in the case of wine-culture, evidence for wheat and bread consumption in Georgia also goes back to the pre-historic times.
Examples of 18th century cuisine in Sweden thanks to the inn at Koffsan
How long inns along the coastlines of Scandinavia and around the Baltic have existed is very difficult to say; however, the first written records we have about them in Sweden come from Olaus Magnus, in his accounts about the Nordic people in the 1550s.
Nourishment in the Swedish naval fleet 1500-1800
During the period 1500-1800 the foodstuff in the Swedish naval fleet can be divided into the following categories; bread, meat and meat products, fish, dairy products, cereals, peas, vegetables and beverages. The consumption of these provisions (except for cereals, peas and vegetables) was at its highest level during the 16th century, which declined in the following centuries. Rations of cereals, peas and vegetables increased by 200 percent from the 16th century to the 18th century.