Culinary Texts in Context, 1500-1800

This collection of ten essays represents a new and significant contribution to the study of recipe books from the early modern period (ca. 1500-1800) by situating them in a broader European context, traversing Catalonia, Finland, French and German-speaking regions, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and England.

Sarah Peters Kernan is an independent scholar based in Chicago. Her research focuses on cookbooks and culinary activity in medieval and early modern England. She is an editor of The Recipes Project and regularly collaborates with The Newberry Library on teaching and digital learning projects. Helga Müllneritsch is Assistant Professor in German in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at University College Dublin with a research interest in female agency, manuscript cookery books, and book history in the long eighteenth century.

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Manuscript Recipe Books in Early Modern Europe, Section 1: Collecting Recipes, Section 2: International Transmission, Section 3: Professional and Trade Ownership, Section 4: Women's Manuscript Culture, Conclusion: Manuscript Recipe Books in Early Modern Europe, Index of Manuscript Recipe Books, Index