[Sca-cooks] "Sapori e profumi del Medioevo"

[Johnna Holloway]

For those that read Italian-- I came across this new work this am
while browsing through various online catalogs--
"Sapori e profumi del Medioevo" (Bologna, Publishing Atesa, 2003. 160 
p., € 18.00)

http://www.atesa.it/scheda.asp?ID=376 turns up this
Giancarlo Roversi
SAPORI E PROFUMI DEL MEDIOEVO
Ricette, civiltà della tavola e piante aromatiche in uso nel '300 dalle 
opere di Olindo Guerrini e Pier De' Crescenzi
Google translated the description as--
Facing the culinario Middle Ages Giancarlo Roversi has made work of 
historical and cultural recovery introducing and introducing two 
precious and unavailable witnesses of Olindo Guerrini: the Fragment of a 
book of kitchen of century XIV, prescription pad published in honor of 
the wedding of the daughter of the Carducci, and the table and the 
kitchen in i centuries XIV and XV. In this according to job, Guerrini, 
it describes us of a banquet of XIV the century, it illustrates to us as 
they came imbandite the tables, which alimony appeared, which was the 
succession of the capacities and from which plates they were composed, 
and of all these supply us the preparation. It follows then "ritratto" 
of some aromatic plants particularly in use in the Evo Mean, drafts from 
the De work Agriculture of great agronomist Pier de' Crescenzi, and 
employees, beyond that for they therapeutic virtue consecrated from the 
ancient pharmacopoeia, also in kitchen for insaporire many vivande. 
Plants that are found cited in prescriptions of the Guerrini punctually. 
Those that they appear in these pages are authentic medieval 
prescriptions and who wants will be able also to experience them in all 
tranquillity, with one single warning: he turns out to you final could 
somewhat be far from that they were the original tastes.

I am intrigued by the "Fragment of a book of kitchen of century XIV" part.

Johnnae