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Take 1000 Eggs Editions

Take 1000 Eggs Editions Series Cover

Whether you are a student of history or a modern cook wanting to try your hand at some medieval recipes, this cookbook will enchant you. The author's enthusiasm is infectious; the illustrations are beautifully reproduced showing details of medieval kitchens, diners, cooks and ingredients; the modern adaptations are tempting and full of practical advice.

The original recipes are translated by the author from Harleian MS. 279, Harleian MS. 4016, and Extracts of Ashmole MS. 1439, Laud MS. 553, and Douce MS. 55. They are reprinted by permission of the Council of the Early English Text Society.

  • Full period text with simultaneous Modern English translations
  • Over 100 Easy and Delicious Modernized Recipes
  • More than 20 newly adapted recipes
  • Sample feast menus
  • Two Glossaries
  • Bibliography
  • An expanded how-to section
  • All lavishly illustrated with period woodcuts
  • Fully indexed

And much more...


Whether you are a student of history or a modern cook wanting to try your hand at some medieval recipes, this cookbook will enchant you. The author's enthusiasm is infectious; the illustrations are beautifully reproduced showing details of medieval kitchens, diners, cooks and ingredients; the modern adaptations are tempting and full of practical advice.

The original recipes are translated by the author from Harleian MS. 279, Harleian MS. 4016, and Extracts of Ashmole MS. 1439, Laud MS. 553, and Douce MS. 55. They are reprinted by permission of the Council of the Early English Text Society.

  • Full period text with simultaneous Modern English translations
  • Over 100 Easy and Delicious Modernized Recipes
  • More than 20 newly adapted recipes
  • Sample feast menus
  • Two Glossaries
  • Bibliography
  • An expanded how-to section
  • All lavishly illustrated with period woodcuts
  • Fully indexed

And much more...


Take a Thousand Eggs: 15th Century Recipes Adapted For Modern Cookery. Paperback Cover

Take a Thousand Eggs: 15th Century Recipes Adapted For Modern Cookery. Paperback

Author:
Renfrow, Cindy
Subjects:
History; Medieval Recipes; Culinary History; Food
ISBN:
0-89824-950-3
Order code:
950-3
Price:
$24.95

Sample recipe (Pears in syrup). Reviews of this book when it was first published.

Visit Cindy Renfrow's web site: www.thousandeggs.com








Sample recipe (Pears in syrup). Reviews of this book when it was first published.

Visit Cindy Renfrow's web site: www.thousandeggs.com








Series description

Take a Thousand Eggs. 15th Century Recipes Adapted for Modern Cookery. Hard-Bound Edition

Author:
Renfrow, Cindy
Subjects:
History; Medieval Recipes; Culinary History; Food
ISBN:
0-89824-952X
Order code:
952X
Price:
$50.00
Series description