Buttered toast with a cheese sauce with mustard and ale. Delicious!

Smoked salmon shaped into beautiful roses with rich crème fraîche and caviar

Anchovy filets and Parmesan on fried toast, which makes for a very salty combination

Delicious, slightly sweet cabbage, onion, and dill filling surrounded by a soft, buttery bread

Slow-cooked steaks with tomatoes and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy

Rich, stick-to-your-ribs wheat berry porridge thickened with egg yolks

Pre-potato, pre-groove gnocchi made primarily with cheese

A WWII version of a Dutch staple with potatoes, vegetables, and tulip bulbs

A fennel- and caraway-forward potato casserole as eaten on the German home front in WWII

Honey, long pepper, and mushrooms combine for a simple but flavorful dish

Simple yet delicious baked beans with molasses and salt pork

Fire-roasted red deer, smoked goat, and einkorn cakes with fiddlehead ferns make up my version of Ötzi the Iceman’s last meal

A very rich and creamy alternative to mashed potatoes

Casserole of potatoes, cream, and parmesan. What’s not to like?

A meal fit for a shogun, with flavorful rice with chicken and lightly pickled vegetables

Crunchy potato chips that really taste like potatoes and are far superior to store bought

The driest stuffing known to man, but the flavor is that classic mix of herbs, onion, and celery

This is a good, basic sweet potato dish. The dehydrated sweet potatoes make for a firmer texture

Jiggly, vibrantly red cranberry sauce that is quite a bit sweeter than most you find today

Recreate a dinner in Alcatraz with this refreshing cucumber salad, stuffed pork chops, quickie apple pie, a slice of bread, and coffee