Food In Medieval Times available on January 05 2017 from Buy for 58.05
Food in Medieval Times (Food through History) available on March 15 2016 from Amazon for 30.36
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ISBN bar code 9780313321474 ξ4 registered March 15 2016
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Manufacturered by Greenwood
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New light is shed on everyday life in the Middle Ages in Great Britain and continental Europe through this unique survey of its food culture. Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines were like, how the different classes entertained and celebrated, and what restrictions they followed for health and faith reasons. Fascinating information is provided, such as on imitation food, kitchen humor, and medical ideas. Many period recipes and quotations flesh out the narrative.
I love books on historical cooking, and really looked forward to reading Food in Medieval times. I thought this book is an excellent resource of cooking, and it is a definate resource on common ingredients. I have one issue with the book, it is the first chapter, ingredients are described in detail, extreme detail, but the first chapter reads more like a glossary, I wished this chapter would have been the last chapter, and not the first. Going through the first ..
If Scully, Henisch, Bober and Flandrin are household words in your kitchen, you can skip this book and miss little. If you're just beginning to enjoy medieval cookery, and would like to get the "big picture" this is the perfect introduction.It's not a cookbook -- it's a survey of what foods were used, how they were prepared, and how they were understood to work in the body. The author has sifted through the works of medieval cooks and those who have t..
