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Title: The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy by Odile Redon, Francoise Sabban, Silvano Serventi, Patricia Glee Smith, Edward Schneider ISBN: 0-226-70685-0 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent all the way to the stomach...
Comment: This book is great. I went to a so called medieval banquet one semester. Besides the fact that it was pretty lame, the food stunk. (They gave no atmosphere to the whole thing. It was just a wretched overpriced meal.)
All they served was alcohol to drink. Neither my husband nor I drink, so we went dry the whole night. There were a few others like us. Then almost all of the dishes were made with alcohol. And I mean SOAKED in it. Not the kind of meals where most of the alcohol was cooked off. Then the main dish was a skimpy serving of oysters. Needless to say, our palates were not satiated.
Those fools really could have used this book. There are tons of MEAT recipes from chicken to hare. There are numerous soups that aren't made with beer. There are desserts besides rim soaked cake. Lo and behold, there is even almond milk for the non-alcoholic.
The front of the book has some menu suggestions and the back is great for the historian. There is a fair sized section with the recipes in the original language. It's fun to pick through the old wording.
This truly is a wonderful book and the recipes taste great. A must have for anyone who wants to put together a REAL medieval dinner.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great read, as well as a useful cookbook
Comment: I'm one of those people who "read cookbooks like novels". This is definitely a worthwhile read. And the recipes I've tried have been very good.
One of the spice blends that they give has become a staple in my kitchen, the "Sweet spices for many good and fine foods", which I love to use on salmon before cooking. I did make one change (which the authors note many sources recommending) to season "to the taste of the lord" (that's me) -- I changed the bay leaf to dried orange peel. Try it.
Another recipe I will definitely make again is the Asparagus with Saffron.
My one quibble is that the recipes are almost exclusively French or Italian, with very few from England, and none from any other culture. But, since the authors themselves hail from the first two countries, this is perhaps understandable.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent reference book
Comment: I got this because I want to write medieval historicals and needed to know what people ate. This book gives a very good overview of foods available, how they were eaten, table manners, etc.; I just wish it went into just a little more detail. But that's not really what it's about; it's for presenting actual medieval recipes, and it certainly does give a lot of them with modern equivalents.
But what did people eat for breakfast? How widespread was corn or oats? What other kinds of grains were used? What were sub-regional specialties? How much was wine thinned with water? How long could a wine last in those days before it went bad? How often did people get food poisoning?
For what this book was written for, it's an excellent one. For a writer, it's a very good starting point.
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Title: The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black ISBN: 0500015481 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks by Constance B. Hieatt, Sharon Butler, Brenda M. Hosington ISBN: 0802076327 Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan for Holidays, Weddings, and Reenactments With Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games by Daniel Diehl, Mark Donnelly ISBN: 0811728668 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Original Mediterranean Cuisine: Medieval Recipes for Today by Barbara Santich ISBN: 155652272X Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Traveling Dysshes; Or, Foods for Wars, Peace, and Potlucks by Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke, Cordelia Toser, Pat McGregor, Carole Newsom Smith ISBN: 0972384308 Publisher: Elf Hill Music & Mayhem Unltd. Pub. Date: 03 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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