The Art of Cooking: The First Modern Cookery Book Volume 14

by Maestro Martino and Stefania Barzini

Maestro Martino of Como has been called the first celebrity chef, and his extraordinary treatise on Renaissance cookery, The Art of Cooking, is the first known culinary guide to specify ingredients, cooking times and techniques, utensils, and amounts. This vibrant document is also essential to understanding the forms of conviviality developed in Central Italy during the Renaissance, as well as their sociopolitical implications. In addition to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232712
• ISBN13: 9780520232716
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.0"