Where can i find recipes that have historical background?

What is meant by historical background. All foods are historical in a way, and vary with what was available locally. something like pasta from Italy originated in china as noodles. Potatoes in europe were introduced from the Himalayas, chillies from south America were taken to India by the Portuguese traders so to make definitive recipes is not really viable. The thing that is historic is the staples eaten in different parts of the world which you can find out about ( staples are things like rice potatoes bread pasta/noodles sago semolina etc).