SC - Odd Book

[Decker, Terry D.]

Cuoco Secrete di Papa Pio Quinto (Cooking Secrets of Pope Pius V), commonly
referred to as Scappi's Opera.  Published in Venice in 1570.  The book has
28 copperplate illustrations of cooking utensils and kitchens.  I don't know
of an English translation, but the illustrations occasionally are reprinted.

IIRC, Scappi was the cook for Cardinal Michaele Ghislieri and was his cook
after Ghislieri became Pope Pius V (1566-1572).  

Bear



> There is one Italian recipe for turkey from
> Bartolomeo Scappi, 1570 quoted in translation.  It contains a description
> of
> the "rooster of India"  which clearly by its description identifies the
> bird
> as being a turkey.  As the book does not have a bibliography can anyone
> tell
> me anything about the source?
> 
> Daniel Raoul
>