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Kenelm Digby (1603–1665)

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The Harmony of the Muses (1654) (1990) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Digby, Kenelm
Data de naixement
1603-07-11
Data de defunció
1665-06-11
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
England
Professions
courtier
diplomat
natural philosopher
Relacions
Bristol, Earl of George Digby (cousin)
Organitzacions
Roman Catholic Church
Premis i honors
Fellow of the Royal Society

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Imagine a cookbook written by George Patton or Mike Hoare and you have some sense of this work by Sir Kenelm Digby, scholar, poet, Royalist soldier, mercenary, secret agent, and gourmet. The seventeenth century style makes things difficult for modern cooks used to exact measurements and lacking, say, chunks of ambergris (though there are several good books out there which update some of Digby's recipes), but entirely worth it for the anecdotes, blatant name-dropping, and generally chatty style. Digby is also unusually exact in some of his preparation instructions, so the reader gets a pretty good idea of how a seventeenth century cook got things done. Highly recommended.… (més)
 
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redcoat668 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jan 2, 2015 |
Imagine a cookbook written by George Patton or Mike Hoare and you have some sense of this work by Sir Kenelm Digby, scholar, poet, Royalist soldier, mercenary, secret agent, and gourmet. The seventeenth century style makes things difficult for modern cooks used to exact measurements and lacking, say, chunks of ambergris (though there are several good books out there which update some of Digby's recipes), but entirely worth it for the anecdotes, blatant name-dropping, and generally chatty style. Digby is also unusually exact in some of his preparation instructions, so the reader gets a pretty good idea of how a seventeenth century cook got things done. Highly recommended.… (més)
 
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redcoat668 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jan 2, 2015 |
45. Volume VI.:Whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c., Together with excellent directions for cookery as also for preserving conserving candying &c. London, 1669.
 
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kitchengardenbooks | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | May 30, 2009 |

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16
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1
Membres
137
Popularitat
#149,084
Valoració
½ 4.4
Ressenyes
5
ISBN
23

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