Death Before Compline by Sharan Newman

I had been thinking about rereading the early books in the Catharine DeVendeur series and when someone asked me about getting books for my Kindle, Newman's name came to mind. Most of the books in the series are not available for Kindle, but this one was available - it is a collection of short stories featuring the characters and setting of the series - and even includes recipes! In Newman's notes she makes a joke of the recipes, which were requested when the stories were commissioned for themed collections. She asks that the reader be aware that recipes were not common in the twelfth century - except for cleaning compounds and poisons, which she did not feel were exactly appropriate. So she came up with some recipes which she has tested in her own kitchen and which she feels are reasonably faithful to the methods and ingredients of the period.

The stories cover a wide time range - from Catharine's early period at the Paraclete to adulthood, and a couple of them feature her Jewish cousin, Solomon.

Good fun.