The sauce (nogada), which accompanies the meat pie in this recipe, can be traced back to medieval Sephardi influence on New Spain, as well as to other Levantine influences. As my paternal ...

The Oxford English Dictionary records pastry as a word in use by the mid 14th Century and Medieval Latin included the word ‘pie’ , meaning ‘meat or fish enclosed in pastry’ from around 1300.

Minced meat pies with gravy, poultry like lark and duck, and seafood such as oysters, mussels, and cockles were all part of the holiday table. Medieval monks especially enjoyed seasonings that ...