Fabulous Feasts by Madeleine Pelner Cosman
Foods are cultural insignia. Few indicators define a people so well as its foodlore. Food taboos and food celebrations are important to a culture s notions of sacrament 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 servitors. The 'art' of the kitchen is explored and the all important ingredients are scrutinised. The book concludes with over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts.
"A treasure..Fascinating reading and exotic cookery" Publishers Weekly
Madeleine Pelner Cosman is Director of the Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the City College of City Universoty in New York
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807608982 |
| ISBN 10 | 080760898X |
| Title | Fabulous Feasts |
| Author | Madeleine Pelner Cosman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | George Braziller Inc |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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