Lecture 20 The Role of Cookbooks in Food Culture

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1、Food&DrinkinWorldHistoryHIST2005Lecture20:TheRoleofCookbooksinFoodCulture13.October2011Lecturer:DrSarahBlacksarah.black@adelaide.edu.auSecondOnlineExamTakesplaceonMonday,October17thQuestionswillrelatetolecturecontentoflectures8-20Onceyoustart,youhaveoneho

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3、eskifhelpisneededQuestionsandThemesforTodayWhatsortsofhistoricalinformationcanbegatheredfromcookbooks?Whatarethelimitationsofcookbooksashistoricalsources?Whatarecookbooksusefulforindevelopinganunderstandingofthehistoryoffood/drink?Definitionof“PrimarySour

4、ces”Materialsdirectlyrelatedtoatopicoranevent,usuallybecausetheyarecontemporaneousandwrittenbyparticipantsAnythingthatprovidesafirst-handaccountWhatIstheProblemWithCookbooksasPrimarySources?Testitagainstthedefinition:docookbooksprovide„firsthand‟accountso

5、ffood/drinkhabitsandpracticesinagiventimeandplace?Maybeyes,maybeno…Theydon‟tnecessarilytelluswhatpeoplereallywerecooking,eatinganddrinkingCookbooksoftentellusaboutotheraspectsofhistoryCookbooksDon‟t…TelluswhatpeoplewereactuallycookingoreatingHaveclearau

6、thorship(inmanycases)Offer„original‟ideas(manyarehighlyderivative)ConfinethemselvesmerelytothesubjectoffoodanddrinkGetpublishedunlessthereisamarket!Perhapstheearliestcookbook,Apicius‟Derecoquinaria("Onthesubjectofcooking")4th-5thcAD(frontispiecefrom1709ed

7、ition)Imagesource:WikimediaCommonsEarliestCookbooks(AncienttimestoMiddleAges)Listsofingredients-lackingininstructions(mostlyhigh-endcuisine)Usuallywrittentotrainprofessionalcooksforbanquetsandupper-classprivatehomes,orsometimesasarecordoflavishmealsLackre

8、cipesforbread,vegetabledishesandotherbasicsFormeofCury(ca1390),courtofRichardII.Imagesource:www.guardian.co.uk©GuardianNewspaper,2008.LaterEraCookbooks(EarlyModern-Victorianera)Basickitchenrefe