[MR] cooking books

[Ann]

 Greetings.  In response to your request, there are several good starting
points that have already been mentioned, specifically:  godecookery.com  ,
florilegium.org , and the Kingdom MOAS web page

As far as books go, there are a couple that I would recommend:

 1.    Odile Redon, Francoise Sabban & Silvano Serventi, "The Medieval
 Kitchen:  Recipes from France and Italy," {trans. Edward Schneider},
 University of Chicago, 1999.

 This is an excellent source for information about period cooking.  The
first
50 pages discusses the medieval diet, cooking methods, meal organization,
etc.  There are about 150 recipes {both the original recipes and their
modern interpretations}, about equally divided between French and Italian.
Most of the Italian recipes are 14th-15th century.

 2.    Barbara Santich, "The Original Mediterranean Cuisine:  Medieval
Recipes for Today," Prospect Books, 1995.

Another good introductory book.  Again, the first ~50 pages explain the
Mediterranean cuisine of the middle ages.  There are 69 recipes from Italian
and Catalan {eastern Spain} sources, both the original and redacted
versions.

I got both these books from Barnes & Noble, although they are probably also
available through someone like poisonpenpress.com  . Both should also be
available in your library or through Interlibrary Loan.

 If you're interested in doing your own redactions of period recipes, I'd
recommend the following:

 1.    Terence Scully, "The Neapolitan Recipe Collection:  Cuoco
Napoletano,"
University of Michigan Press, 2000.

 This is a translation of a mid-15th century manuscript from Naples.  It has
220 recipes.

2.    Mary Ella Milham, "Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health,"
Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Arizona State Press, 1998.

 Platina was the chief librarian of the Vatican Library under Pope Sixtus
IV.
He wrote this book as a guide to healthy living.  There are ~250 recipes.
It was first published ca. 1468, but many of the recipes were plagarized
from an earlier cookbook by Martino de Rossi.

Also got these from Barnes & Noble.

 I hope this will be helpful to you.  If you have any questions, please
don't
hesitate to contact me.

 Yours in service,

 John le Burguillun