Le viandier de Taillevent by Taillevent

"Le viandier de Taillevent" by Taillevent is a French cookbook written in the 13th century and preserved through various editions. This medieval culinary text survives in multiple manuscripts and 15th-century printed editions. Though traditionally attributed to Guillaume Tirel, nicknamed Taillevent, master cook to the King of France, he likely revised rather than originally composed the work. The book contains instructions for preparing various dishes for the royal kitchen, offering a glimpse into medieval French gastronomy and cooking practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Taillevent, 1315?-1395
Title Le viandier de Taillevent
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Viandier Wikipedia page about this book: la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Viandier
Credits Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class TX: Technology: Home economics
Subject Cooking, French -- Early works to 1800
Category Text
eBook-No. 26567
Release Date
Last Update Jan 4, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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