Stuart Cookery: Recipes and History

by Peter C.D. Brears

Including over 30 recipes from the 17th century, this book also reveals the turbulent history of this troubled time when the country cast off its medieval traditions. It describes how new and more sophisticated tastes were reflected in the diet of the nation and the way people cooked and ate their meals. French cuisine became popular with the gentry; the medieval great hall was replaced by a smaller and more intimate dining room, and pottery dishes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850748721
• ISBN13: 9781850748724
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: English Heritage
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 6.0"