Title Fabulous feasts : medieval cookery and ceremony / by Madeleine Pelner Cosman

Published New York, N.Y. : George Braziller ; Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club [distributor], 1976 (2002 [printing])

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Description 224 pages, <12> leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm Contents Fabulous feasts: settings, servings, subtleties, menus, and marvels -- Peacocks, parsley, princely pie: the characteristis of medieval food -- A chicken for Chaucer's kitchen: medieval London's market laws and larcenies -- Fountain, river, privy, pot: medieval London's polluted waters -- Sex, smut, sin, and spirit: medieval food and character -- Medieval feasts for the modern table: a practical prelude to the recipes -- Over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts Summary Includes over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts Bibliography Bibliography: pages 205-224 Subject Civilization, Medieval. Cooking, European -- History. Cooking, Medieval. Cooking, English. Cooking, European -- History -- To 1500. Food habits -- England -- History -- To 1500. Food habits -- Europe -- History. Food habits -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500. Cooking. Feeding Behavior. Feeding Behavior. History. Nutrition Cooking -- history. Feeding Behavior -- history Feeding Behavior -- history SUBJECT Europe. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005060 LC no. 76015909 ISBN 0807608327 080760898X (paperback)

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