Spain's Biblioteca Nacional has produced a video project to highlight some of the historical food-related works from amongst it's vast collection by having contemporary chefs and historians bring ancient recipes back to life.
From as far back as the 1400s, 12 recipes were selected from over 23,000 gastronomy publications to "reveal how ingredients and cultures have mixed to shape [Spain's] culinary heritage" and give people the world over an opportunity to savor culinary treasures of the past.
Speaking of the project in the New York Times, chef Paco Morales of Michelin-starred Noor restaurant in Córdoba, Spain:
I really feel that our Western food culture has become obsessed with always finding the latest innovation, instead of really valuing the wealth of our past. It’s important to understand that so much of what we consider new and fashionable already existed a long, long time ago.
For all of the videos, visit @chefBNE.
photo credit: Biblioteca Nacional de España
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