Pellegrino Artusi was an Italian businessman and writer, best known as the author of the 1891 cookbook La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene.
Artusi in 1891
Bust of Pellegrino Artusi by sculptor Italo Vagnetti at the Porte Sante cemetery in Florence
Cover of the first edition (1891)
Cover from a 1910 edition of La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (it) (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well)
A cookbook or cookery book is a culinary reference work that contains a collection of recipes and instructions for food preparation. Cookbooks serve as comprehensive guides that may include cooking te
Pellegrino Artusi
…Forlimpopoli, near Forlì, August 4, 1820 – Florence, March 30, 1911) was an Italian businessman and writer, best known as the author of the 1891 cookbook La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well). The son of the wealthy merchant Agostino (nicknamed…
Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife, 1727
Apicius, De re coquinaria, an early collection of Roman recipes
18th-century recipes for biscuits from a private collection of recipes
Norwegian immigrant cookbook in Norwegian, published in the United States in 1899