Cooking with Leonardo da Vinci:

“Cooking with Leonardo da Vinci” is also an invitation to experimentation.

This book is dedicated to all those interested in learning more about the history of Italian Renaissance cooking.

Have you ever tried to recreate an original recipe from the Renaissance?

Or imagined what it would be like to host a lavish banquet using only authentic period ingredients?

Perhaps what a sixteenth-century menu might have looked like at the local tavern?

If yes, then look no further! Through careful historical study and the recreation of original recipes, this book makes Italian Renaissance gastronomy simple and accessible.

You will discover dishes from the greatest culinary minds of the time: from the chefs who worked in the magnificent courts of early modern Europe to Leonardo da Vinci.

Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci was passionate about the culinary arts his entire life?

That he not only invented tools to improve cooking methods and practices, but he even waited tables and managed his own restaurant in Florence?

In this book you will discover Leonardo’s many recipes and gastronomical inventions, as well as curious culinary tales that provide readers unique insight into this fascinating yet largely unknown sliver of early modern history.

Using both a theoretical and practical approach, this book invites you to join Leonardo on a culinary journey through Renaissance Italy.

Experience history through these simple, yet authentic recipes!

• 132 Pag. – F.to 17×24