A Hastiness of Cooks: : A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks, For Living-History Reen
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Winner of Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards 2020, Best in Culinary History category for USA
"A remarkable volume littered with insight and a wealth of resources. Writing with warmth and wisdom, Bertelsen proves herself to be an excellent instructor." Publishers Weekly
"A Hastiness of Cooks" A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks, For Living-History Reenactors, Historians, Writers, Chefs, Archaeologists, and, of Course, Cooks contains illustrated by Chicago artist Courtney Nzeribe.
Cynthia Bertelsen's 271-page book, "A Hastiness of Cooks" provides step-by-step instruction for the recreation of historic recipes and analysis of historic cookbooks and manuscripts to add authenticity to the daily dinner table or a Renaissance fair reenactment, as well as the banquet scene in a Tudor-age novel or an unusual scholarly paper.
With "A Hastiness of Cooks", Cynthia Bertelsen hands readers a key to a door that - once opened - leads into an unending garden of culinary delights, filled not with flowers, but rather the words and wisdom of cooks and writers and cultures long gone.
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"This beautifully illustrated book is the best imaginable intro to the world of historical European recipes -- the kind you thought were for reading and wondering about only. Actually, performing and adapting these recipes is well within reach, once you have this book. You'll find out about blending the spices that flavored food hundreds of years ago, about equipment you will need to use, and -- most importantly -- how to decode the unclear-to-us recipes that were self-apparent to their long ago originators." Elatia Harris