[Sca-cooks] Looking for a text on Monastic Cooking?

[Johnna Holloway]

As Galefridus has already noted this title doesn't appear as such.

I have found a couple of other possible books that carry some of the  
words you
mention. These include:  A Taste of Heaven: A Guide to Food and Drink  
Made by Monks and Nuns which is described as "and honor the  
ingredients and traditions of monastic food making over a thousand  
years...". It describes modern products made today however.

Forthcoming is the new volume by Andrew Jotischky. Hermit's Cookbook:  
Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages. I saw a review in a London  
paper. It will be out in May in the UK and in July in the states.

The description from the publisher appears here:
http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=157981&SearchType=Basic

It proceeds to explore how the ideals of the desert fathers were  
revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions, looking at the  
cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking, and why  
hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full of  
rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk's stew and bread  
soup - and many others - this is a fascinating story of hermits,  
monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.

The author is:

Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Lancaster  
University, UK. He has published widely on aspects of medieval  
religious history; his principal publications include Crusading and  
the Crusader States (2004), and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the  
Bible Lands, with Caroline Hull (2009).

Johnnae, playing librarian again



On Apr 15, 2011, at 6:21 AM, Kimetha Steele wrote:

> I have been looking for information on a book called "A Thousand  
> Years of Monastic Cooking", or translated sources for any Monastic  
> Cookery.  I am mostly interested in France, Germany (or that area),  
> or Italy any help would be wonderful.
>
> Waldetrudis von Metten