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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Terence Scully |
ISBN: | 0851156118 9780851156118 |
OCLC Number: | 315976613 |
Description: | 276 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Similarities in medieval foods and cooking; the theoretical bases for medieval food and cookery; the distinctive nature of medieval foods and cookery; medieval dining; beverages; the table and table manners; foods for the sick; international foods and regional favorites; conclusion - the cook, the cookery and the food. |
Responsibility: | Terence Scully. |
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A compendium on practically all aspects of the art of cooking and dining... Because of the author's familiarity with all aspects of the subject we are offered this rara avis: a book which interests the specialist and the general reader; which allies common sense with scholarship; and which presents the theory and practice of medieval cooking for the scholar and the practitioner... has its place on the shelves of the practical cook as well as on those of the scholar: both can feed on it! HISTORYA much-needed, authoritative treatment of [its] subject. SPECULUM Read more...
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