[identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com 2010-08-17 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
We often turn to Apicius for general tips on cooking certain exotic meats, and occasionally use them in an everyday setting, though not with exactitude We've also tried early recipes from The British Museum Cookbook and various medieval recipe books.

[livejournal.com profile] inamac has answered the poll for the household, where I reckon we have about 150 cookery books of various types.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2010-08-17 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] adaese and her mother both have various historical cookery books, stretching back through mediaeval to Anglo-Saxon, and thence to Roman.
Edited 2010-08-17 08:15 (UTC)