Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes (A Cookbook)

I have been a professional chef for 40 years with a keen interest in history and a hobby of collecting historical recipes, a new reconstructing them. I have a great many historical recipe books and recipes in my personal library collected over the years amounting to over 40,000 recipes.I encountered Max Millar during COVID, and was delighted to find his recipe book! Though I treated it with some scepticism having been disappointed by several such trietise in the Past ... But there are exceptions to the rule... And this is one of them!Excellent book, well laid out, recipes I want to try, and an important starter book for those just starting out on exploring the origins of our culinary heritage.Could have done with a bit more detail on some of the herbs and spices and substitutes for them as well as a greater warning over things like Rue and Hyssop. I first saw Max doing a recipe on the production of Garum on You Tube, he should have put the recipe in this book to compliment the recipes from Rome and earlier!Still it is an excellent book and I do hope Max will be following this up with another, for a first time recipe book this is great!

Great book to read, they are also on Facebook if you want to see videos of the food in the book. Fun to read some of the history especially some of the old names.

I have been a long time fan of Max Miller's. I was an early fan of his YouTube channel. His warmth and active engagement with his audiences would immediately build him an army of readers. His historical research and humour have encouraged many to pick up books and pots and pans.The Tasting History book is a wonderful companion to the channel. It is a culmination of Miller's learning and the joy of his discoveries. The recipes have big clear pictures and easy to follow instructions. Interwoven with segments of his research and commentary, jokes and reflections.In short, this is how you arrive in the book scene. With open friendly material, something to teach, joy to share and as yourself. The first release from Miller is a physical version of his channel and I'm unsurprised that has been a grand success. Roll on book 2.

Bought this for my daughter who is a history teacher and a very keen cook who loves trying old recipes. She was totally thrilled with it and so was I. I don't cook so much at my age but I would have done so when I was younger. A great purchase

Bought for my daughter in law as a gift. We all enjoy the author s you tube channel , partly due to his engaging personality but also because his recipes seem so well researched. She loves the book and has tried several recipes with great success

Great book with many easy to follow, interesting recipes.

Fascinating and intelligently written, Max's cookery book is nearly as good as his videos. I can't be the only one for whom he brings the past to life - sometimes the inspiration to make the recipe is the history associated with it and sometimes it's the other way round. Very highly recommended.

Bought as a present for my teenager who is a fan of the tasting histories YouTube and loves cooking. Looks like a really interesting book & I look forward to tasting some of the recipes my teenager no doubt will try!