This cookbook takes inspiration from the ingredients and聽production buildings in Rise of the Merchants. We selected聽medieval dishes that the people of the game鈥檚 world might enjoy,聽from poorer townsfolk to the Count and his guests.聽The recipes are inspired by German, French, Italian, and English聽medieval cookbooks such as Le M茅nagier de Paris and the聽Liber de Coquina. These books often offered cooks broad聽guidance rather than precise, step-by-step instructions like聽recipes today.聽Most recipes in this collection are straightforward and take little聽time to prepare. Some can also be made faster by using modern聽shortcuts. For example, you could use ready-made shortcrust聽pastry instead of making it from scratch.