Robert de Nola, also known by pseudonym Mestre Robert, was a Spanish chef who authored the first printed cookbook in

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Llibre del Coch The ''Llibre del Coch'', or ''Llibre de doctrina per a ben servir, de tallar y del art de coch cs (ço es) de qualsevol manera, potatges y salses compost per lo diligent mestre Robert coch del Serenissimo senyor Don Ferrando Rey de Napols'', is a C ...

'' (Catalan for Cook's Book). He served as cook to

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Ferdinand I.

''Llibre del Coch''

Nola published ''Llibre del Coch'' under his pseudonym Mestre Robert in Barcelona in 1520. It was the first published cookbook in Catalan language. It was also translated into

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and first such edition was published in Toledo in 1525. Some parts of the book are based on ''Llibre de Sent Soví'', a famous

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cookbook. It contains recipes and culinary traditions of the 14th century.

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