Begging the Question: Les Quatre Mendiants and Provence’s Thirteen Christmas Desserts
The truth is, the dishes associated with Provence’s Thirteen Desserts abound with religious symbolism. Take the Four Beggars, or Les …
Tag Archives: Monks
Weihenstephan, the Oldest Brewery in the World (?)
Make that the oldest brewery still standing (and producing) in the world, never mind that the oldest brewery is actually …
The Random Herbalist: The Church as Farmer
The Catholic Church influenced many things, even (especially?) agriculture, as this passage from History of the English Landed Interest: Its …
The Random Herbalist: Charlemagne, St. Gall, and the History of Medicine
The history of medicine, a fascinating subject, shows how people began to understand more and more about the corporeal body. …
Idylls of Cuisine #24
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
The Random Herbalist: Libraries and Monastic Gardens
Another reason why the Internet is so fantastic — here is a catalog of the manuscripts available in the monastery …
The Random Herbalist: Monks and Plant Migration
Along with dill, which we’ve briefly brushed by, other plants also traveled with the monks as they made their way …
The Random Herbalist: The Roman Influence on Monastic Gardens
With this post, I celebrate a year of writing “Gherkins & Tomatoes!” Thank you so much to everyone who visits …
The Random Herbalist: St. Gall, A Model Garden Plan?
[NOTE: I'd like to thank the readers of Gherkins & Tomatoes for their patience this summer --- in the last …
The Random Herbalist: The Hortus Eremitje
Charlemagne had a shovel in every monastic garden, or so it seems:* As early as the days of Charles the …
