Eulalia Piebakere
Eulalia Piebakere, formerly (and still formally) Eulalia de Ravenfeld, is active in the Barony of Dragon's Mist and in the Barony of Three Mountains. She loves historical food and cooking (and eating!) and can often be spotted cooking over a fire at events. She also paints, sews, spins, brews, and is generally an all-around A&S lover. Her persona is an urban pie-selling singlewoman living in England during the latter half of the 13th century. Research interests include everything 13th century English, occasional forays into 14th century England, medieval York, street food, pies, peasants and other commoners, towns/cities/urban life, guilds and urbanization, women's history and daily lives, and food archeology.
Eulalia has a blog: medievalyork.com
Eulalia is apprenticed to Master Refr orðlokarr Fiachson, former Baron of Dragon's Mist. They have been known to make terrifying foods together.
In AS XLVIII, Eulalia presented a single entry at Kingdom Arts and Sciences in which she synthesized information from recipes, archeology, and her own experiments to be able to draw conclusions about general trends in high medieval English pie crusts. You can read her full documentation here
In AS XLIX, Eulalia entered An Tir's Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship as an overall entrant. She presented three entries: -A reproduction of a full-page miniature found in an early 16th century French processional -A research paper on women's participation in guilds in York, England between 1272 and 1377 -A recreation of a pie from Forme of Cury More information and a video of her final presentation are on her blog (see above).
Awards:
-Award of Arms AS XXXVII -Jambe de Lion AS XLII -Goutte de Sang AS XLV
Selected Arts and Sciences Competitions:
A&S Defender, Shire of Dragon's Mist, c.a. AS XLII. Entry: "A Suite of Sweets: Three Period Candies"
A&S Champion, Barony of Three Mountains, c.a. AS XLIII. Entries: Late 13th century working-woman's outfit, recreating 13th century breads, and testing the efficacy of three medieval tooth-cleaners.
2nd Place, Intermediate Division, 12th Night Costume Contest, AS XLIV.
A&S Champion, Barony of Dragon's Mist, c.a. AS XLVII.
Some Classes Taught:
An Tir May Crown AS L: -Women's Work: Women in Medieval English Guilds -Researching Historical Food
Dragon's Mist April A&S Day, AS XLIX: -Developing Your Historical "Eye" (illumination art history overview, tips for making scribal work look more historical) -Making Your Own Paints
Dragon's Mist Arts Gathering, AS XLVIII: -Biology of the Black Death -Researching Historical Food -Hands-on: Make a Standing-Crust Pie
West Coast Culinary Symposia Classes (2009?, 2011, and 2013): -Humoral Theory and Diet -Medieval English Street Food -Practical Period Pie Crusts
Older Classes / Classes Taught Multiple Times: -Open-Fire Cooking (also occasionally leads workshops on this in her backyard) -Introduction to Roman food -Basic camp cooking / feeding yourself while camping (focused on staying historically accurate) -Medieval vegetarianism (and how to cook vegetarian food for SCA feasts) -Period sweets -Wild food foraging -Mead brewing
Most Recent Demos and Displays
-Painting demo at Faire in the Grove (AS L)
-Display of pie research at An Tir 12th Night and Tri-Baronial Yule (AS XLIX)
-Participated in cooking demonstrations at June Faire a couple of times in the last few years.
-Joins the Cooks' Playdate each year at An Tir / West War -- weeklong immersion historical cooking adventure!
Feasts Coordinated
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner for attendees of Culinary Symposium XLIV/2009. All food was 13th/14th century English and reflected different social classes -- peasant breakfast, town-dweller lunch, and noble dinner.
Three-course Venetian feast for Carnevale di Venezia XLV/2011.
Eulalia is nearly always seen with her lady, Anne Midwinter