'Tacuinum Sanitatis' Northern Italy (late 14th century)
'Tacuinum Sanitatis' Northern Italy (late 14th century)
L'oignon Platearius, 'Le Livre des Simples Médecines' 1480
'Le Repas Amoureux' In: Boccaccio's 'The Decameron' 1432
'Les étuves' In: 'Le livre de Valère Maxime' 15th century
[I'm obviously going to the wrong restaurants]
[I'm obviously going to the wrong restaurants]
Curtius Rufus : 'Geschichte Alexander des Großen'
(History of Alexander the Great) 1465-1475 [Detail]
(History of Alexander the Great) 1465-1475 [Detail]
Curtius Rufus : 'Geschichte Alexander des Großen'
(History of Alexander the Great) 1465-1475 [Detail]
(History of Alexander the Great) 1465-1475 [Detail]
'Le Service' In: 'Histoire de Renaud de Montauban' 1470
'Repas de noce' 'Histoire de Renaud de Montauban' 1470 BNF
'La Marchande de Lait' (Milkmaid) - Cries of Paris 1500
'Le Vin en Tonneau' In: 'Heures à l'Usage de Tours' 1500
Tafelaufsatz aus einem Skizzenbuch
- sketch of table decoration from c. 16th century.
- sketch of table decoration from c. 16th century.
Rumpolt Marx - Kochbuch (cookbook) 1600
Rumpolt Marx - Kochbuch (cookbook) 1600
'The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of
Rarities; or, The Ingenious Gentlewoman
and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion' 1696
Rarities; or, The Ingenious Gentlewoman
and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion' 1696
Apicius - 'De Opsoniis et Condimentis' 1709
Conrad Hagger - 'Neues Saltzburgisches Koch-Buch'
(New Saltzburg Cookbook) 1718
(New Saltzburg Cookbook) 1718
Conrad Hagger - 'Neues Saltzburgisches Koch-Buch'
(New Saltzburg Cookbook) 1718
(New Saltzburg Cookbook) 1718
Maria Eliza Rundell - 'A New System Of Domestic Cookery, Formed Upon Principles Of Economy, And Adapted To The Use Of Private Families. By A Lady.' 1807
Frederick Accum - 'Culinary Chemistry' 1821
Isabella Beeton - 'Beeton's Book of Household Management' 1861
These essentially random images were variously obtained from:
- 'The Art of Cuisine and the Culture of Dining' - Culinary documents from the National Library of Austria (current exhibition).
- 'Medieval Gastronomy in Images' - extensive web exhibition (mostly in english) at BNF.
- 'Feeding America' - The Historic American Cookbook Project at Michigan State University Library.
- 'Books for Cooks' at The British Library's Learning collection.
- Kansas State University Cookery exhibit.
- Historical Culinary & Brewing Documents Online (these are mostly transcriptions from the sample I saw).
- 'Not by Bread Alone' - America's Culinary Heritage at Cornell University.
- 'Defining HER Life' - Cooking & Gardening at University of Delaware Library.
- 'Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England' at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- 'Of Food in General' at Kings College, London.
- 'Cookery, Gastronomy and Entertaining' at Waterloo University Library, Ontario.
Update - I forgot to include this: a thoroughly fascinating site - The Food Timeline. Definitely worth perusing.
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