Meals and Recipes from Ancient Greece
I have to admit I like this book, Meals and Recipes from Ancient Greece. The reason I like it, other then a very good write up on meals, menu’s and historic features is that...
Category: Library
An index of books on hand spanning different regions and periods with the pro’s and con’s of each book as per my opinion.
Apicius (by Crocock and Grainger)
Apicius has been translated numerous times. It is THE roman cookbook. The translations though have varied from very good to blech! I have to say that the newest edition for Apicius is very good....
The Nimatnama Mansucript of the Sultans of Mandu (The Sultan’s Book of Delights)
For my birthday, I received a few books. One of which was a cooking/court life book. I was a little hesitant as cookbooks and court books are usually separated into different books. I am...
A Feast of Ice & Fire; A guilty pleasure
Sooooo….at Pennsic, I was shopping at the book tent. Three times in an hour. My shopping buddy, was busy getting a belt to fit himself and took over an hour. That meant “Hey I’m...
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappie (1570)
I don’t do a lot of period Italian cooking. That will change soon! I adore this book. The Opera of Barolomeo Scappi (1570) Translated by T. Scully, is the compilation of recipes by Bartolomeo...
Curye on Inglysch
This book is as period as you can get with out actually going back a few centuries or so. Yet it is one of my least favorite books. Now this isn’t because the recipes...
The Classical Cookbook
This is a Roman cookbook written by Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger. Sally Grainger is noted for having written and published Cooking Apicus. I can not tell if she wrote the later half of...
Roman Cookbooks
I had thought I had made a post on all my cookbooks, however I find that the several, many, few books I do have have not had a listing or commentary. So here goes!...
Odd Bits (How to cook the rest of the Animal)
This is a bit of a rambling prelude for a really neat book. I have a friend who believes that meat appears mysteriously in the store wrapped in plastic. She’s only half joking. She...
Supportive Research Books
This is a listing of books that I think are great supporting research books for food. Now what I mean by this is the history of some of the basic food items i.e. banana’s,...