Food History

The Forme of Cury

by Samuel Pegge

About 1390 the master cooks of Richard II wrote down nearly two hundred recipes on a roll, and Samuel Pegge printed them in 1780 with a glossary. It is one of the earliest cookery books in English, full of spices, almonds and colour: saffron for gold, sandalwood for red. Cury is the old word for cookery.

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Reading time

About 2 hr 55 min

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Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #8102. In the public domain in the United States.