Santonio's food - Hans Gerold Kugler, Barbara Maier

156 pages, hardcover, bookmark
Following in the footsteps of Paolo Santonino through the medieval kitchens of the Alps-Adriatic region. Experience the "medieval lifestyle" in original recipes and re-cooked dishes - with "Santonino's Food". 1485 - the year in which the Italian Paolo Santonino began writing his unique diaries. Today they are indisputably one of the most important sources of medieval everyday culture in the Alps-Adriatic region. Between Friuli, Carinthia and Carniola, Santonino describes a lively time with its eating habits and dishes. Santonino traveled "business class" and his business meals ranged from luxury menus of upscale continental European cuisine to simple packed lunches made from regional specialties. The challenge was all the greater to find the recipes that were used to cook for Santonino and to interpret them for the readership of the 21st century. "Santonino's Food" approaches the medieval way of life in a playfully seductive way - in instructions for cooking and in small vignettes that tell of medieval cooking secrets and dining customs. And in between, contemporary culinary experts have their say...