Fabulous feasts: settings, servings, subtleties, menus, and marvels -- Peacocks, parsley, princely pie: the characteristics of medieval food -- A chicken for Chaucer's kitchen: medieval London's market laws and larcenies -- Fountain, river, privy, pot: medieval London's polluted waters -- Sex, smut, sin, and spirit: medieval food and character -- Medieval feasts for the modern table: a practical prelude to the recipes -- Over 100 recipes from medieval manuscripts.
|
