Reviews for The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy

The average rating for The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-22 00:00:00 Stephen Wasniewski This book covers the basics of medieval eating, and then plunges into the recipes. They start with the text they were working with, comment on decyphering it and what substitutes, if any, they had to use, and then they describe it as a modern recipe. (A lot more detailed.) I can't tell you how good they are, because I got it as a reference for a character who's a cook in a medieval-ish setting. Recipes are, unsurprisingly, weighted toward the wealthy.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-05-18 00:00:00 John Powers I learned more than I ever thought I could learn about Medieval dietary customs and habits from this book. The foreward is fascinating. The authors present the original French or Italian text alongside a modern English translation, add a brief discussion of how they chose to interpret the recipe, and then, a recipe written in modern terms that the home cook can make quite easily. Everything I have made from these recipes has been delicious. A real window into the past