John Evelyn, Cook (Hardcover)

Christopher P. Driver

ISBN 10: 0907325653 / ISBN 13: 9780907325659

Edité par Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, Blackawton, 1997

A propos de cet article

Hardcover. Containing over 300 culinary recipes, this work by the celebrated 17th-century diarist and man of letters, John Evelyn, is one of a series of Evelyn's miscellaneous writings on matters concerning gardening, estate management and cookery. The book has been transcribed from a manuscript book of recipes - many of them in Evelyn's own hand - for the kitchen and the sick room. The recipes reflect the practices of the Evelyn family at Wotton in Surrey. They are also the product of John Evelyn's own travels through Europe during the years of the Civil War and the Interregnum, and those of his friends and relations who were diplomatic representatives in France and Spain. Many of the recipes are attributed, including one for gooseberry wine given to Evelyn by Sir Christopher Wren, and another for Spanish olio given him by the English Ambassador to Madrid, Sir Arthur Hopton. Containing over 300 culinary recipes, this work by the celebrated 17th-century diarist and man of letters, John Evelyn, is one of a series of Evelyn's miscellaneous writings on matters concerning gardening, estate management and cookery. The book has been transcribed from a manuscript book. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780907325659

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: John Evelyn, Cook (Hardcover)
• Éditeur: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, Blackawton
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0907325653
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780907325659
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a virtuoso, scholar and man of letters of Restoration England. His diary is required reading, his architectural and environmental treatises were prophetic, and his gardening was legendary. Among his manuscripts, now in the British Library, is a volume of receipts or recipes: for the stillroom, the sickroom and the kitchen. Those of cookery are printed here; in an edition that includes a full glossary, index of ingredients and biographical introduction.

The recipes range wide over the repertoire of the seventeenth-century household; from liver puddings to excellent syllabubs. They include items picked up on his travels in Europe, as well as favourites given him by friends - such as that for gooseberry wine contributed by Sir Christopher Wren.

The manuscript has an added attraction: it contains the recipes that Evelyn later printed in his book about salads, Acetaria. No other printed cookery book from this period can demonstrate this development of a recipe from first inception to the finished page.

À propos de l'auteur

A founder member of the Royal Society, diarist, traveller, gardener and influential thinker, and writer on these and other subjects. Evelyn does not deserve to be overshadowed by his contemporary, Samuel Pepys. The recipes range over the repertoire of the 17th-century household and contain many recipes given to Evelyn by his friends, including a recipe for gooseberry wine attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.