Manuscript Recipe Books as Archaeological Objects : Text and Food in the Early Modern World.

By: Shanahan, MadelineMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (165 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780739191927Subject(s): Cooking, Irish - HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Manuscript Recipe Books as Archaeological Objects : Text and Food in the Early Modern WorldDDC classification: 641.3009 LOC classification: TX717.5 -- .S49 2015ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Apéritif -- Introduction -- 1 Toward a Framework for the Analysis of Textual Objects in Historical Archaeology -- 2 Irish Manuscript Recipe Books -- 3 Material Culture in the Early Modern Kitchen -- 4 Tastes of Empire -- 5 Recipes for the Modern Woman -- 6 "Wright by her own hande": Kinship, Community and the Individual -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This is a detailed study of Irish manuscript recipe books dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the close of the Georgian period (1830) from the perspective of historical archaeology. It is the first published study of the Irish collection of manuscript recipe books, as well as the first published archaeological study of the genre globally.
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Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Apéritif -- Introduction -- 1 Toward a Framework for the Analysis of Textual Objects in Historical Archaeology -- 2 Irish Manuscript Recipe Books -- 3 Material Culture in the Early Modern Kitchen -- 4 Tastes of Empire -- 5 Recipes for the Modern Woman -- 6 "Wright by her own hande": Kinship, Community and the Individual -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

This is a detailed study of Irish manuscript recipe books dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the close of the Georgian period (1830) from the perspective of historical archaeology. It is the first published study of the Irish collection of manuscript recipe books, as well as the first published archaeological study of the genre globally.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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