Beyond Bratwurst: a history of food in Germany

German food : a complex dish

From gruel to sourdough bread : The neolithic, bronze and iron ages

Fresh meat and Lac concretum : The Roman age, 1st century BC to 5th century AD

Christianity, social stratification and medicine : The early Middle Ages, 5th to 11th century

Luxurious feasts and terrible famine : The high Middle Ages, 11th to 14th century

Butterbrot and saffron : The late Middle Ages, 14th and 15th centuries

German food writing : The early modern period, 1500 to 1648

Coffee, sugar and potatoes, 1648 to 1815

Potatoes without salt and soup kitchens : pauperism, 1815 to 1871

Stock cubes and baking powder : the industrialization of food, 1871 to 1914

Hope and hunger, Vollkornbrot and Swedes, 1914 to 1949

Kasslerrollen and Toast Hawaii : post-war indulgence, east and west, 1949 to 1990

Spaghetti and rouladen : regionality in a globalized world, reunified Germany since 1990.