[Sca-cooks] Italian sumptuary laws / turkey 1559

[David Walddon]

If you have access to Dissertation Services you should also check out  
"Sumptuary Legislation in Renaissance Florence (Italy)" by Ronald Eug  
Rainey. Lots of interesting stuff in his dissertation.

I have browsed through it for specifics and for the great sources,  
but have not had time to read the whole thing.

Eduardo
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REPAST.

David Walddon
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On May 28, 2008, at 12:43 PM, emilio szabo wrote:

>
>> Cool. There is a book that goes into the turkey in Italy.
>> It's by Sabine Eiche. In English the title is Presenting the Turkey.
>> Really good selection of artwork, inc. pottery and paintings.
>>
>> http://members.shaw.ca/seiche/pubs.html
>>
>> Johnna
>
>
> Thanks much! The author, Sabine Eiche writes on her site, that she  
> might
>
> come up with an interesting cookbook:
>
> " ... I have spent years reading the Della Rovere’s personal
> correspondence to learn as much as possible about the private life and
> character of each duke and his family members. An insider’s view, I
> decided, was essential for understanding their ambitions and
> intentions, and for evaluating their achievements. Occasionally the
> letters lured me down unexpected byways—as happened with the turkey,
> "stranger than anything an artist could ever imagine drawing." That
> excursion resulted in an article and a book on the arrival and fate of
> the New World turkey in Europe.
> The letters also sparked an interest in food history. The Della
> Rovere never tired of discussing their health and diet, and the  
> regular
> references to gifts of food—figs, cheeses, and exceptionally good
> fruits and vegetables—reminded me of the extent to which their lives
> were synchronized with the cycles of the year, resulting in a natural
> harmony that we, in modern times, have sacrificed for convenience. The
> lessons learned from their letters will form the basis of a future
> cookbook."
>
> BTW, there is another 1100 page volume on sumptuary laws. While the  
> first one I sent is
>
> about the region Emilia Romagna, this one is about Umbria.
>
> http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it/DGA-free/Fonti/Fonti_XLIII.pdf
>
>
> There is a glossary (with food entries like torta, sfogliato) and  
> references
>
> to the sources.
>
> Emilio
>
>
>
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