[MR] cooking books

[Karen]

Laura asked:

> Can someone please give me a list of good cook books from the 16th
> century- particularly Spanish and Italian cuisine (or whatever
> else you personally think tastes great!). oh, if you know of good
> websites i'd also be interested in looking at them. thanks!!

CervantesVirtual (http://www.cervantesvirtual.com) hosts the "Manual de
mugeres," which is a 16th century Spanish cookbook (as mentioned, I
will probably get my translation of this cookbook posted -- if I can't
get my spiffy personal domain back, I'll probably squeeze it onto my
Geocities page).  While not strictly a foodie cookbook (its focus is on
cosmetics and remedies) it does feature some interesting cuisine
recipes -- a Moorish stew, a hardtack-biscuit, hippocras, "chorizo"
sausages, and so on.

Ruperto de Nola's "Libro de Cozina" (aka "Libre de Coch") would be
another book on Iberian cookery to look out for.  You can find an
online translation at
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados1-art.html
and
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados2-art.html

In terms of Italian cuisine ... while it is late 15th century, and not
16th century, you may find the recipes in Platina's "De honesta
voluptate" to your liking.  Some of the recipes from Platina are
available in Cariadoc's Miscellany
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.html).

If you are looking for other recipes in general, you may want to start
at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/cook.htm -- though many of the
links there ARE out of date. :)

Karen Larsdatter

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