[Sca-cooks] Feast at Mategrifon

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Tue Oct 2 17:18:23 PDT 2012


Or by all means try to find this one

> 
Anna Martellotti: I Ricettari di Federico II: Leo S. Olschki, 2006: ISBN 88. 222 5442 2: 281 pp., paperback, €28.00.
 
> 
> CULTURE: MIDDLE AGES - COOKBOOK ATTRIBUTED TO GOURMET EMPEROR FEDERICO II
> Rome, Jan. 16th - (Adnkronos) - Emperor Federico II was also a
> first-rate gourmet, a passionate connoisseur of the art of cooking. And
> to his patronage we owe the writing up, between 1230 and 1250, of the
> ''Liber de coquina''. This is what is sustained by Anna Martellotti,
> former German history professor at the University of Bari, in the essay
> ''I ricettari di Federico II'' [The recipe books of Federico II],
> published by the Olschki publishing house. 

http://www.culturagastronomica.it/site/it-IT/La_Banca_Dati/Manoscritti_medioevali/

Johnnae

On Oct 2, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Johnna Holloway wrote:

> For Southern Italy, You may also want to look at Due Libre B 
> An Early 15th Century Recipe Collection from Southern Italy. 
> Translated by Rebecca Friedman with 
> Notes and Glossary; Text and Translation; Some Worked Out Recipes
> 
> http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Due_Libre_B/Due_Libre_B.html
> 
> Johnnae
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