History on Our Plate - by Peter Rose (Paperback)

About the Book

"This volume-an updated, expanded edition of the cookbook companion to "Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life"-brings a sampling of historical Dutch cooking to the modern kitchen, offering delicious recipes for cookies and custards as well as savory dishes and salads. With an added section on advice for children's participation, the author aims to make the book accessible and enjoyable for everyone, and to prove that historical cooking-whether done over an open fire or on a stove top-need not be a thing of the past"--

Book Synopsis

From cookies and custards to savory dishes and salads, Rose shows that historical cooking--whether done over an open fire or on a stovetop--need not be a thing of the past. Rose includes an engaging overview of Dutch culinary history from the middle ages to the seventeenth century, giving readers a tour of the foodways of the Netherlands and New Netherland.

Review Quotes

'You are what you eat' may be a cliché but it does embody the most important activity central to life: the preparation and consumption of food. Rose's engaging book celebrates this activity among the Dutch settlers in the Hudson Valley with 72 historical recipes, a highly informative essay on Dutch foodways of the period, and instructions on how to cook the dishes in a home fireplace.-- "Charles T. Gehring, director, New Netherland Research Center at the New York State Library"

A stunning collec-tion of historical Dutch fare with everything from sal-ads and vegetable dishes, to hearty main meals and sweet treats such as cookies and desserts.-- "Dutch, The Magazine"

This delightful cookbook and culinary history will make the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer, or indeed a gift at any time of the year.-- "David William Voorhees, de Halve Maen"

This extremely informative book offers historical insight into the Dutch culinary heritage in America, together with recipes, to give us an enticing taste of the past. Thank you, Peter Rose, for another great publication on our shared culinary traditions!-- "Dolph Hogewoning, consul general of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to New York"

About the Author

Peter G. Rose is the author of The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and New World and coauthor with Donna R. Barnes of Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life and Childhood Pleasures: Dutch Children in the Seventeenth Century