Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine

Cooking is an art. It is a talent to make something out of nothing. Although it seems like nothing really important, cooking takes a big part of our lives. The way we cook, the way we eat are factors that influence our health. Cooking, as a process consists of techniques and ingredients. They vary from country to country, reflecting the cultural, environmental and economic trends of each nation.

As times have changed and societies developed, the ways people cooked and the ingredients they used have changed. People became more knowledgeable about the ways of preparing the food, combining the ingredients, and learned about how people from the other sides of the world cooked. The development of technology made cooking easier, in the same time introducing new ways of preparing food.

In this book, the author gives an overview of the history of cooking, shows how people used to cook and eat and provides an insight of the development of food preparation in terms of techniques and ingredients used.

In this book you will read about:

• The Englishman in the food
• Royal feasts
• The diet of yeoman and the poor people

Apart from these topics, you will read about more topics and you will find four cookery books from early ages provided in this book.