The late medieval
cookbook '' Du fait de cuisine'' ("On cookery") was written in 1420 in part to compete with the
court of Burgundy by Maistre Chiquart, master chef of
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
Amadeus VIII (4 September 1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. He was the son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. He was a claimant to the papac ...
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[It was edited from the Ms. S 103 Bibliothèque Supersaxo, (in the Bibliothèque cantonale du Valais, Sion, by Terence Scully, "''Du fait de cuisine par Maître Chiquart, 1420"'' ''Vallesia'', 40, 1985.]
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Medieval cookbooks
French cookbooks
1420 books
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