The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390
Samuel Pegge · English
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The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390
Samuel Pegge · English
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PREFACE TO THE CURIOUS ANTIQUARIAN READER. Without beginning ab ovo on a subject so light (a matter of importance, however, to many a modern Catius or Amasinius), by investigating the origin of the Art of Cookery, and the nature of it as practised by the Antediluvians [1]; without dilating on the several particulars concerning it afterwards amongst the Patriarchs, as found in the Bible [2], I shall turn myself immediately, and without further preamble, to a few cursory observation
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