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Coquinaria: what's in a name?
Coquinaria is derived from the ars coquinaria, as
the art of preparing food was called in the Middle Ages. This ars was
part of the artes mechanicae, as opposed to the artes
liberales. The classical cookbook wich is ascribed to a Roman nobleman
named Apicius was titled De re
coquinaria. Coquinaria means something like: "things that have to do
with cooking". See also the recipe
for november/december 2002.
Anyone interested in what people butter their bread
with can take look at the
small poll on
my LiveJournal. You can only partake if you have an LJ account yourself,
but viewing the results can be fun too.
As you have read above, I am Dutch. English is not my native language. If
you find any (or many) mistakes in spelling, grammar or the use of certain
terms, please let me know by email, so I can correct these mistakes. Thank
you.
In July 2002 I spent my holiday making
cheese in the middle of France. You can see some pictures of this if you
click on Making cheese.
In September 2003 the booklet Peacocks and pastries appeared in
Dutch. More
information.
About my cats
Pictures of the ElfFantasy Fair
2006 and 2007
Links to other sites on culinary history.
Searchpage for ingredients and terms used
on this site.
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