The cookery book by Antonius Magirus (1612) and historical gastronomy in general
Posted in History of gastronomy on Dec 26th, 2007
In Lieve schat, wat vind je lekker besteden we ruime aandacht aan het leven van Bartolomeo Scappi, wiens Opera dell’arte del cucinare een was voor het Koocboec van Antonius Magirus en waar de BBC op 27 december 2007 om 21 uur .
Hoewel de auteur van de Opera met naam en toenaam vermeld staat op de [...]
Posted in History of gastronomy, News on Dec 19th, 2007
The BBC airs an hour long documentary on Bartolomeo Scappi and his Opera on 27 December at 8pm. The Indepedent has seen a preview and is very positive:
Carluccio and the Renaissance Cookbook gives us an insight into the excesses and flights of fancy of Italian Renaissance cookery, with its fashionable emphasis on sugar and [...]
Posted in History of gastronomy on Nov 22nd, 2007
Posted in History of gastronomy on Nov 8th, 2007
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Posted in History of gastronomy on Oct 9th, 2007
In 1984 I wrote an article on Flemish cookery books from 1500-1800 for the now defunct French language monthly Belgia2000. The electronic version of that article is printed below. The full reference is:
HILDE SELS “Les livres de cuisine flamands des temps modernes” in: Belgia2000. Toute l’histoire de Belgique. Décembre 1984, no. 13, pp. 34-42.
P. 34
Le [...]