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Loading... The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled (Forgotten Books) (edition 2008)by Samuel de La Vallee Pegge (Author)
Work InformationThe Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled (Forgotten Books) by Samuel Pegge
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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 a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1751, Pegge briefly discusses in his preface the history of cooking since antiquity, while his annotations to the text elucidate the medieval vocabulary. Among related items forming an intriguing appendix are rolls of provisions from the time of Henry VIII. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)641.5942Technology Home and family management Food And Drink Cooking, cookbooks Cooking characteristic of specific geographic environments, ethnic cooking Europe England & WalesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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