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The Forme of Cury, a Roll of Ancient English Cookery: Compiled, about AD 1390, by the Master-Cooks of King Richard II
Samuel Pegge (Ed.)
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paperback. The 1780 edition of one of the oldest English-language cookbooks, presenting a range of everyday and ceremonial dishes. Editor(s): Pegge, Samuel. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
One of the oldest surviving English-language cookbooks, this fascinating work was originally compiled in the late fourteenth century by the master cooks at the court of Richard II. It contains nearly 200 recipes for the preparation of everyday dishes as well as elaborate banquets. Here we find roasts, stews, jellies and custards alongside dishes that call for highly prized spices or animals such as curlews and porpoises. This 1780 transcription, from the manuscript then belonging to Gustavus Brander and now in the British Library, was made by the Anglican clergyman and antiquary Samuel Pegge (1704–96). Ordained in 1730 and elected ... Read more
One of the oldest surviving English-language cookbooks, this fascinating work was originally compiled in the late fourteenth century by the master cooks at the court of Richard II. It contains nearly 200 recipes for the preparation of everyday dishes as well as elaborate banquets. Here we find roasts, stews, jellies and custards alongside dishes that call for highly prized spices or animals such as curlews and porpoises. This 1780 transcription, from the manuscript then belonging to Gustavus Brander and now in the British Library, was made by the Anglican clergyman and antiquary Samuel Pegge (1704–96). Ordained in 1730 and elected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108076203
SKU
V9781108076203
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