The British Museum Cookbook (1987)

by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson

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In this cookbook, over 100 recipes are recreated from past cultures. Recipes include a full-scale Roman banquet and the exotic Kukuye Sabsi from Ancient Persia. From classical Greece come honey cheesecake and from Georgian England, Mrs Raffald's grapes preserved in brandy.

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1987

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In this cookbook, over 100 recipes are recreated from past cultures. Recipes include a full-scale Roman banquet and the exotic Kukuye Sabsi from Ancient Persia. From classical Greece come honey cheesecake and from Georgian England, Mrs Raffald's grapes preserved in brandy.

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Have you ever imagined feasting with a pharaoh or dining with a Renaissance prince? In this original cookbook the author recreates over 100 tempting recipes from as wide a field as Ancient Egypt, Medieval Europe and Imperial China.

Now you can entertain your friends to a full-scale Roman Banquet or transform a simple supper with the exotic 'Kukuye Sabsi' from Ancient Persia. From Classical Greece comes 'Honey Cheesecake' and from Georgian England 'Mrs Raffald's Grapes Preserved in Brandy'.

Every dish has been tested by the author and he r straightforward recipes will entice the amateur as well as he experienced cook to try something different and savour a taste of the past.

With 100 line drawings

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