DENMARK'S OLDEST COOKBOOK
Gunvor Maria Juul takes you on a culinary journey back to the year 1616 with a readable, explanatory edition of DENMARK'S OLDEST COOKBOOK.
DENMARK'S OLDEST COOKBOOK is presented here for the first time in a readable edition with explanations of the individual recipes, ingredients, etc. A small mystery about the book's origin has given author Gunvor Maria Juul sleepless nights, and you can read more about that in the book.
DENMARK'S OLDEST COOKBOOK can be read for fun or the recipes can be used as the basis for a themed evening featuring 17th-century dishes. To enhance the 17th-century atmosphere, sections have been added on period table setting, kitchen layout, ingredients, cooking, fashion, music, floral decorations and choice of porcelain
Hardcover, 196 pages.
Measures: 26x21 cm.
DENMARK'S OLDEST COOKBOOK is the oldest printed cookbook in Danish. It was originally published in pocket format and contains 100 sections, most of which are single recipes, but there are also practical guides on baking, brewing, spirit distillation, vinegar-making and kitchen hygiene.
In the 17th century the Danish kitchen was not something to boast about abroad. Fancier cooking was German, Italian or French, and the recipes in this first Danish-language cookbook are in fact translated from German. Some of the recipes will be familiar to us, for example pickled beets, øllebrød and æbleskiver. Other recipes have survived in altered forms. For example, 'chicken with oranges' has today been replaced by the classic 'duck á l'orange' and the bound parsley soup (water soup) has over time been reduced to parsley sauce for fried pork. But there are also surprising recipes for exotic spiced sauces, white mulled wine and much more.
Author Gunvor Maria Juul studied history of science and botany at Aarhus University, and has worked at the Museum of the History of Science, the Medical History Museum and the Steno Museum, including laying out the Steno Museum's Smid Garden and contributing to the exhibition "Food for People". She is a lecturer, course leader and guide within these subjects.
Gunvor Maria Juul is co-author of Lene Tvedegaard's books "Herbs - the book for herb lovers", "The Taste of Chili", "The New Red on Tomatoes" and "The Taste of Tomato".
