
Fabulous Feasts
Mediaeval Cookery and Ceremony
Madeleine Pelner Cosman(Author)
George Braziller Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8076-0898-2 (ISBN)
Description
Foods are cultural insifnia. Few indicators define people so well as its foodlore. Food taboos and food celebrations are important to a culture's notions od sacrement and sin, praise and punishment, deprivation and indulgence, vigilant discipline and sustained extravagance. Medieval England's courtly appetites for splendour are evident in cookery books, courtesy manuals, household and court documents, legal records, medieval texts, and in surprising profusion, in works of art ranging from marginalia of prayer books through literary romances. This culinary excursion will introduce the English banquet hall, its furnishings, its table adornments, and its noble seritors. The 'art' of the kitchen is explored and the all important ingrdients are scrutinised. The book concludes with over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts.
Reviews / Votes
"A treasure...Fascinating reading and exotic cookery" Publishers WeeklyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
16 colour and 98 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8076-0898-2 (9780807608982)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Madeleine Pelner Cosman is Director of the Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the City College of City Universoty in New York
Content
1. Fabulous Feasts 2. Peacocks, Parsley, Princely Pie 3. A Chicken for Chaucer's Kitchen 4. Fountain, River, Privy, Pot 5. Sex, Smut, Sin and Spirit 6. Medieval Feasts for the Modern Table