[Sca-cooks] Medieval MasterChef

[Johnna Holloway]

No, this is not some sort of a joke or television satire. This is the name of a new book being published by Brepols.

Medieval MasterChef 
Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Eastern Cuisine and Western Foodways

J. Vroom <http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowAuthor.aspx?lid=151087>, Y. Waksman <http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowAuthor.aspx?lid=171945>, R. van Oosten <http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowAuthor.aspx?lid=179652> (eds.)
400 pages
Languages: English

Published papers of the session 'Medieval MasterChef' held at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) at Istanbul in 2014.
The archaeology of food is in all sorts of ways 'hot'. The focus in this varied collection of studies by key scholars in the field is on cuisine and foodways in the Mediterranean and north-western Europe during Medieval and Post-Medieval times (ca. 6th- 20th c.). The scope of the contributions encompasses archaeological and historical perspectives on eating habits, cooking techniques, diet practices and table manners in the Islamic World, the Byzantine Empire, the Crusader States, Medieval and Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire. The volume offers a state of the art of an often still hardly known territory in gastronomical archaeology, which makes it essential reading for scholars and a larger audience alike.

'The book’s strength lies in the authors’ recognition that incorporating archaeological, material culture, and textual evidence with culinary history is of paramount importance in developing a comprehensive and textured comprehension of meals and mealtimes in the past.' - Mary C. Beard.

http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503575797-1

Johnnae