[Sca-cooks] New volumes by Peter Brears

[Johnna Holloway]

Prospect Books has announced that  Peter Brears is completing work on a volume called Cooking & Dining in Tudor & Early Stuart England. "It treats of an heroic period in English history when new foods were reaching our shores from the New World, and new styles of cooking were being adopted from France and Italy. Even more important, it’s a period that has barely been touched upon by previous accounts. What is unique about Brears’ book is that he combines an account of the cookery with a close look at the practical arrangements, the kitchens and dining halls, where that food was cooked and consumed. His prose is enlivened by his drawings – as accurate as can be – which lay bare to the modern reader just what was going on in places like Hampton Court palace, as well as in humbler homes throughout the land. There are plenty of recipes for those who like to try things for themselves, all properly tested by the author, who is a historic food consultant to TV and country house owners."

ISBN-13 978-1-909248-32-8

Expected publication date Sep 2014

400 pages; 246×174 mm; hardback; 60 b&w 

https://prospectbooks.co.uk/books/978-1-909248-32-8

This year he is also publishing Traditional Food in Yorkshire with Prospect Books. He has already written on this subject (John Donald, 1987) but this new work is double the length, with many more illustrations and supporting material.

Johnnae