Simple, delicious minced roast beef (in a shepherd’s pie? Scandalous!) filling topped with creamy mashed potatoes

Ancient Egyptian fritters with cardamom and honey

Duck roasted with celery and served with a creamy celery sauce

Pork ribs roasted with a simple and delicious honey and blackberry sauce

Hearty, simple soup that’s reminiscent of spinach

A simple gumbo recipe with okra, beef, ham hock, shrimp, and crab that’s packed with flavor

Braised kangaroo with cloves and black pepper from an WWII Australian rationing cookbook

Boiled pork loin with a delicious, slightly sweet rye bread crumb and cinnamon crust

A thick vegetable and meat stew with suet dumplings

Flaky puff pastry rings filled with sweet preserves

An early version of boeuf bourguignon: A wonderful red wine sauce served with stewed beef

Farro and pork cooked with a wine sauce as it might have been eaten by a Roman centurion stationed at Rome’s northernmost fort in Britain

A very drinkable cloudy, flat beer made with honey, pomegranates, and dates

A decadent cross between hot chocolate and wine made with port or sherry

A US army recipe from 1946 made with corned beef and just a hint of spices

Melt-in-your-mouth confection made from sugar and starch and flavored with rose water and musk

Delicious, rich brittle English toffee as it was made in the Victorian Era

Gingerbread cookies with a wonderfully complex spice mixture

Fish boiled in ale and parsley and served with a garlicky sauce made with walnuts and thickened with breadcrumbs

A delicious baked pudding of cornmeal, molasses, and milk served with whipped cream