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Food and Drink in Archaeology I
University of Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 2007

This is the first volume of a projected series from the Department of Archaeology at Nottingham University. What sets it apart is that it is a postgraduate conference, not just the usual old lags’ excuse for a get-together, so the contributors are presenting research that is both new and at the cutting-edge of academic preoccupation.

While the importance of nutrition for survival has long been recognised, increasing emphasis is being put on the cultural significance of the production, distribution and consumption of foodstuffs throughout all archaeological periods.

Published December 2008 at £30.00

Early Vegetarian Recipes
Anne O'Connell

Anne O'Connell explores the recipes that were developed by, and available to, English vegetarians and food reformers of the last two centuries by means of an anthology gathered from early cookbooks, starting with the pioneering writings of Thomas Tryon from the end of the seventeenth century.

Published October 2008 at £8.99

The Road to Vindaloo CURRY COOKS & CURRY BOOKS
David Burnett and Helen Saberi

One of the more surreal facts about British cookery and British taste in the twenty-first century is that the nation's most popular dinner is claimed to be Chicken Tikka Masala. Just how did a style of cookery favoured by a few intrepid adventurers to the Indian subcontinent in the eighteenth century become so embedded in the national consciousness and affections?

The authors have combed through much literature to attempt a useful answer. They have collected a host of recipes from the very first curry in an English cookbook (1747) to those we love to cook in the present day.

Published October 2008 at £9.99

SPICES AND COMFITS - COLLECTED PAPERS ON MEDIEVAL FOOD

JOHANNA MARIA van WINTER

Throughout a long teaching career in academic life in Holland, Johanna Maria van Winter has specialized in the study of food and drink in the Middle Ages. She has contributed very many pa-pers to learned journals and specialist conferences which have been gathered together here within a single volume. The papers are printed here for the most part in English but with some German and French texts.

The subjects break down into four groups: Medieval Food Habits; The Netherlands and their Neighbours; Fasting and Feasting; Food and Health. Invariably the work is founded on a close study ofwritten sources, eitherthe medieval records oftowns and feudal lords of The Netherlands, early printed cookery books, or the best international scholarship.
Some of the topics discussed in this volume are:

Fasting and asceticism in the Middle Ages
Fish recipes in late medieval and early modern cookery books
The use of cannabis in two cookery books of the fifteenth century
Green salads in the Renaissance
Invalid food in the fifteenth century
Regional cookery of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages
Festive meals; dining as a means of communication
The role of preserved food in Dutch medieval households

Johanna Maria van Winter is a retired professor in Medieval History at the Utrecht University (The Netherlands). She received her doctorate in Utrecht in 1 962 with Knighthood and Chivalry in Guelders and Zutphen. She also has written Sources concerning the Hospitallers of St.John in the Netherlands, 14th-I8th centuries, 1998. and The Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands.

FORMAT Hardback
PRICE £40
ISBN 1-903018-45-5
SIZE HxW 234x156mm
EXTENT 400 pages
ILLUSTRATIONS None
CATEGORY Cookery

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	NEW TITLES Food and Drink in Archaeology I University of Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 2007 This is the first volume of a projected series from the Department of Archaeology at Nottingham University. What sets it apart is that it is a postgraduate conference, not just the usual old lags’ excuse for a get-together, so the contributors are presenting research that is both new and at the cutting-edge of academic preoccupation. While the importance of nutrition for survival has long been recognised, increasing emphasis is being put on the cultural significance of the production, distribution and consumption of foodstuffs throughout all archaeological periods. Published December 2008 at £30.00 Early Vegetarian Recipes Anne O'Connell Anne O'Connell explores the recipes that were developed by, and available to, English vegetarians and food reformers of the last two centuries by means of an anthology gathered from early cookbooks, starting with the pioneering writings of Thomas Tryon from the end of the seventeenth century. Published October 2008 at £8.99 The Road to Vindaloo CURRY COOKS & CURRY BOOKS David Burnett and Helen Saberi One of the more surreal facts about British cookery and British taste in the twenty-first century is that the nation's most popular dinner is claimed to be Chicken Tikka Masala. Just how did a style of cookery favoured by a few intrepid adventurers to the Indian subcontinent in the eighteenth century become so embedded in the national consciousness and affections? The authors have combed through much literature to attempt a useful answer. They have collected a host of recipes from the very first curry in an English cookbook (1747) to those we love to cook in the present day. Published October 2008 at £9.99 SPICES AND COMFITS - COLLECTED PAPERS ON MEDIEVAL FOOD JOHANNA MARIA van WINTER Throughout a long teaching career in academic life in Holland, Johanna Maria van Winter has specialized in the study of food and drink in the Middle Ages. She has contributed very many pa-pers to learned journals and specialist conferences which have been gathered together here within a single volume. The papers are printed here for the most part in English but with some German and French texts. The subjects break down into four groups: Medieval Food Habits; The Netherlands and their Neighbours; Fasting and Feasting; Food and Health. Invariably the work is founded on a close study ofwritten sources, eitherthe medieval records oftowns and feudal lords of The Netherlands, early printed cookery books, or the best international scholarship. Some of the topics discussed in this volume are: Fasting and asceticism in the Middle Ages Fish recipes in late medieval and early modern cookery books The use of cannabis in two cookery books of the fifteenth century Green salads in the Renaissance Invalid food in the fifteenth century Regional cookery of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages Festive meals; dining as a means of communication The role of preserved food in Dutch medieval households Johanna Maria van Winter is a retired professor in Medieval History at the Utrecht University (The Netherlands). She received her doctorate in Utrecht in 1 962 with Knighthood and Chivalry in Guelders and Zutphen. She also has written Sources concerning the Hospitallers of St.John in the Netherlands, 14th-I8th centuries, 1998. and The Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands. FORMAT Hardback PRICE £40 ISBN 1-903018-45-5 SIZE HxW 234x156mm EXTENT 400 pages ILLUSTRATIONS None CATEGORY Cookery

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