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Acetaria (1699) was a book with many subjects: the rights and
wrongs of vegetarianism; the virtues of eating more salads;
cultivating the plants that made them memorable; and recipes for
their use. It shows John Evelyn as more than arbiter of visual
taste -- his central historical role -- but as one of England's
first gastronomes. Acetaria exposes English cookery at a critical
moment as it departed from medieval forms and embraced the new
styles of France and Europe. Its arguments still have resonance and
can be counted as revolutionary at the time they were first
expressed.
Containing over 300 culinary recipes, this work by the celebrated
17th-century diarist and man of letters, John Evelyn, is one of a
series of Evelyn's miscellaneous writings on matters concerning
gardening, estate management and cookery. The book has been
transcribed from a manuscript book of recipes - many of them in
Evelyn's own hand - for the kitchen and the sick room. The recipes
reflect the practices of the Evelyn family at Wotton in Surrey.
They are also the product of John Evelyn's own travels through
Europe during the years of the Civil War and the Interregnum, and
those of his friends and relations who were diplomatic
representatives in France and Spain. Many of the recipes are
attributed, including one for gooseberry wine given to Evelyn by
Sir Christopher Wren, and another for Spanish olio given him by the
English Ambassador to Madrid, Sir Arthur Hopton.
Evelyn was at the centre of English social and political life in
the17c, friend of Charles II, member of Royal Society. The Diary of
John Evelyn (1620-1706) is one of the principal literary sources
for life and manners in the English seventeenth century. Evelyn was
one of an influential group of men which included Wren, Pepys and
Boyle; afounding member of the Royal Society, he was also a friend
of Charles II, a Commissioner for sick seamen and prisoners of war
during the Dutch Wars, a prime mover behind Chelsea and Greenwich
Hospitals, and a prolific author who wrote about architecture, art,
arboriculture, fashion, and pollution. In his Diary he recorded the
events and experiences of his long and remarkable life; there are
also extensive references to his family, including hispoignant
recollections of the children who predeceased him. This edition has
been based on the only comprehensive and accurate transcription, by
E.S. de Beer, published by Oxford University Press in 1955, but the
text hasbeen reworked into individual years and months while
retaining the original spelling and grammar throughout. GUY DE LA
BEDOYERE holds degrees in history and archaeology from the
Universities of Durham and London.
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