Eating and Drinking with Pepys, Pair
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Driver, Christopher. Pepys at Table, Seventeenth Century Recipes for the Modern Cook. First Edition. 1984. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
Samuel Pepys (pronounced “Peeps”) was undoubtedly the most famous diarist of the English Restoration, and he is arguably one of the most important ever. He records the vicissitudes of London life in the years between 1660 to 1669, when he was Chief Secretary to the Admiralty. He writes of significant events like the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London, but his more personal entries are just as fascinating. He was a gourmand and wrote in detail about the food and drink of the period. This is a book of recipes inspired by his diary entries and includes a fourteen course “Pepys’ feast.” Includes b & w illustration.
Mendelsohn, Oscar A. Drinking with Pepys. First English Edition. 1963. Book is in very good minus condition; dust jacket is in very good condition—endpapers show light foxing.
Though his wit might have been dry, Samuel Pepys’ drinking habits were anything but. His diaries are filled with references to Possets and Syllabubs, Cellarage, and Cooperage, as well as to more conventional beverages such as wine and ale. There is even a mention of Japanese sake, which, centuries before Admiral Perry, must have been an exotic rarity. This book collects these references to alcohol, presenting an amusing picture of Pepys (and Restoration England) at play.
Samuel Pepys (pronounced “Peeps”) was undoubtedly the most famous diarist of the English Restoration, and he is arguably one of the most important ever. He records the vicissitudes of London life in the years between 1660 to 1669, when he was Chief Secretary to the Admiralty. He writes of significant events like the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London, but his more personal entries are just as fascinating. He was a gourmand and wrote in detail about the food and drink of the period. This is a book of recipes inspired by his diary entries and includes a fourteen course “Pepys’ feast.” Includes b & w illustration.
Mendelsohn, Oscar A. Drinking with Pepys. First English Edition. 1963. Book is in very good minus condition; dust jacket is in very good condition—endpapers show light foxing.
Though his wit might have been dry, Samuel Pepys’ drinking habits were anything but. His diaries are filled with references to Possets and Syllabubs, Cellarage, and Cooperage, as well as to more conventional beverages such as wine and ale. There is even a mention of Japanese sake, which, centuries before Admiral Perry, must have been an exotic rarity. This book collects these references to alcohol, presenting an amusing picture of Pepys (and Restoration England) at play.
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