The Shakespeare cookbook / Andrew Dalby and Maureen Dalby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalby, Andrew, 1947- author.

Dalby, Maureen, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Food.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William--Knowledge--Food.

Food--England--History--16th century.

Food.

Cooking--England--History--16th century.

Cooking.

Food--England--History--17th century.

Cooking--England--History--17th century.

Food in literature.

England.

Food--History--England--16th century.

Cooking--History--England--16th century.

Food--History--England--17th century.

Cooking--History--England--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : British Museum Press, 2012.

Summary:

This illustrated cookbook offers a unique insight into what people were eating in Shakespeare's time, featuring 50 original menus and recipes from 16th and 17th century cookbooks, alongside food-related quotes from Shakespeare's canon.

Contents:

Introduction

'Save me a piece of marchpane!' - Romeo and Juliet

'The dinner attends you' - Falstaff and friends

'I am a great eater of beef' - Twelfth night

'The funeral baked meats' - Hamlet

'Fail not our feast' - Macbeth

'Our sheep-shearing feast' - The Winter's tale

'An idle banquet' - King Henry VIII

Shakespeare's rivals

Food books of Shakespeare's time

Further reading

Quotations and references

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Furness copy has inscription: Greg & Jess. Merry Christmas from Carolyne & Dick. Dec. 2012"

ISBN:

9780714123356

0714123358

OCLC:

780333821