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Author_Emma Kay
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Cookery
Cooking
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Food & Drink
History & Criticism
History of The Plantagenets & Medieval England
Medieval History
Middle Ages
National & International Cookery
Recipes
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Product details
- ISBN 9781398110991
- Weight: 304g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Food was as important a part of daily life in the Middle Ages, as it is today. In Wortes and All: Medieval Cooking food historian Emma Kay examines what people were eating and drinking in England from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the 1500s. We not only discover what people were cooking and how they cooked it, but also the influences on their cuisine and sources of food, home and abroad, as society changed in this period. Alongside the history of various types of food and drink throughout the medieval period, the author has sourced recipes from Anglo-Saxon medical tomes, Scandinavian sagas and Middle Eastern cookery manuscripts to explore a varied culinary cultural dialogue. From soups, stews, salads, meat, fish, eggs and fruit to sauces, drinks and confection, this cornucopia of medieval food and drink will fascinate all of those interested in the story of cooking and eating during this complex and many-faceted era.
Emma is a Fellow of The Royal Historical Society, Post-graduate Historian and Archaeologist, former senior museum professional & Award-Winning author of 13 food history books. She has appeared numerous times as a food history expert on documentaries and mainstream popular programmes for Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC1 and KBS-TV, Korea. She has lectured, delivered demonstrations and interactive talks online and across a variety of venues both nationally and internationally for The Guild of Food Writers, Bath and Stroud Literature Festivals, 1 Royal Crescent Bath, Wakefield Rhubarb Festival, The Women’s Institute, Tastemade, BBNY Group LLC, New York and been a regular interviewee on podcasts including English Heritage, BBC History Extra, Table Talk with Stefan Gates and Eat Your Heartland Out, with former U.S. senator Capri Cafaro. Emma has regularly featured as a food history expert & author on BBC radio and Talk Radio Europe and written articles for English Heritage, BBC Food, Lancashire Life, BBC History Magazine, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Times Literary Supplement, Victorian Review, Lancashire Post and Love Food.com among others. More recently Emma has worked as an online Archaeology tutor for a home learning tuition hub. She also continues to work with her ever expanding collection of antique Kitchenalia.
