Lesley F. (knitter) reviewed on 7/6/2013 + 64 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I hate to cook. That said, I still loved this book and there was a great deal about cooking and how one became a cook in 17th century England. Sort of like the book Chef, but in an earlier time. Well, there is a lot more including a convoluted plot, a love story, battles, and lots of feasting as well as times of starvation. And recipes, lots of recipes, but very few you would want to replicate, and none you could microwave. It took 2 1/2 days of hand cranking a spit with a boar over a blazing fire before the juices ran clear when pierced.

The writing, although not exactly modern day English and full of archaic words for a great many foods, (sallat [salad] being the easiest to decipher)is still easily understood and appropriate for this book.

This is a book I wanted to finish yet didn't want to end. That's why I gave it 5 stars.

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