What was life like for a Renaissance cook?
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seeing as how the renaissance age is very interesting to me, i would think that it was the same as a cook of today. just with more of the dirty work. for instance with chicken; today, cooks just pull it out of the package and dress it up nicely. back then the cook or house maid would have to go out, get the biggest or healthiest chicken and slaughter it. then bring it home and clean it, prepare it, cook it and serve it. or with butter; that to me would have been the most difficult. having to stand with a paddle and push and turn and all by hand for HOURS! so yeah, i hope that helped!
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http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance\n\nThese will probably tell you everything.
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More like who wasn't he.  Ever hear the term Renaissance man?  This guy did it all and excelled at them.  He was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter.\n\nRead link below for a lot of his accomplishments including The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, and engineering feats.
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READ\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/\nhttp://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?page=accueil_info\n \nenjoy\n\nhttp://www.yoox.com/\nhttp://www.dolcegabbana.it\n  \n\nSTUDY  (the most important)\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteric\n  \nand learn\n\n\nhttp://www.recipegoldmine.com/recipes/recipes.html
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Revolutionary war baked goods recipes\nhttp://homework.northport.k12.ny.us/ocean/mdavidson/est572/recipes.htm\n\nand a few more:\nhttp://www.leitesculinaria.com/food_history/revolutionary.html
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Go to google, type in "Baroque Food Period" and you'll find all, if not more, than you need.
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Check out the Williamsburg website. They have very good information on a wide variety of occupations common during the Colonial period.\n\nhttp://history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
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I love that he cooks. He is a better cook then me.\nIt is normal now after years.\nIt is a real turn on for me. Keep cooking boys.
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That's much too broad a topic to cover here.  It encompasses philosophy, art, architecture, literature, scientific processes and discoveries, etc.  Here's a few sites to jump into,\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance\nhttp://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/REN/IDEA.HTM\nhttp://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/\nhttp://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/
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it looks great, just take out "a man of great prestige"\n\n\nFrancois Rabelais was a great asset to culture during the Renaissance.
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Are you referring to the European renaissance?  My answer is the year 1500.
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I got this from a website about Elizabeth I:\n\nThe Elizabethan age is celebrated for its literary and dramatic culture, its music and chivalry. The Elizabethan nobility loved to have a good time, and knew just how to have it. The wealthy of the land would entertain each other with great banquets of rich foods, wine, music and dancing. They would play games against each other, play sports such as tennis or bowls, and they would ride and hunt. Women too would participate in some of these sports, aswell as play musical instruments, draw, sew and embroider. \n When Queen Elizabeth was not busy with matters of state, she too would enjoy some of  these pleasures.  Evenings at court were full of entertainments often dedicated to the Queen, and often there would be public performances conducted especially for her, but the Queen also enjoyed less public activities. \nElizabeth loved to horse ride. She would spend many an hour riding fast through the Palace grounds. Her love for the sport terrified her Councillors, who feared that she would seriously injure, or even kill herself, from a fall. But Elizabeth was undaunted, and continued to ride long distances and at great speed until the end of her life. Even in her sixties she could ride a distance of ten miles, which she once proved to a courtier who advised the ageing Queen to take the carriage. Elizabeth would tire out her ladies by riding hard, and early in her reign, Robert Dudley,  her Master of Horse, had to bring over some new horses from Ireland, as the Queen's own horses were not fast or strong enough for her. Elizabeth and Dudley would ride together often. He was probably the most accomplished horse-man in England, and could match the Queen's speed and vigour. In the summer of 1560, Elizabeth and Dudley rode together almost everyday, while some of her ministers bewailed that the Queen was neglecting matters of state.\n \n Elizabeth also loved to hawk and to hunt. She would hunt deers and stags with her courtiers, and when the unfortunate animal was caught, she would be invited to cut its throat.  In 1575, the French Ambassador reported that she had killed “six does” with her cross bow.  Hunting was quite an event, and would take several hours, so the Queen and her courtiers would often have a picnic in the forest. \nThe Elizabethans had no concept of animal cruelty, and enjoyed a whole manner of violent animal sports, such as bear baiting, cock-fighting, and dog fighting. Elizabeth was particularly fond of bear baiting. However, animals were also kept as much loved pets, and pets were well looked after. Elizabeth's horses were well cared for, and in all likelihood, Elizabeth had her favourite horses that meant a lot to her. She also had a little dog (perhaps several over the course of her long reign) that she loved very much, and who went everywhere with her.\n \n As well as participating in sports, the Queen also enjoyed watching them. She would occasionally watch a game of tennis, especially if one of her favourite courtiers was playing, and once she even dressed up as one of her ladies so that she could secretly watch Robert Dudley compete in a shooting match, and afterwards surprised him by revealing her identity. Sometimes tournaments would be held, and from 1572 onwards, a very grand tilt tournament was held to celebrate the Queen's accession day. \nElizabeth loved the outdoors, and was especially fond of taking long walks in her beautifully ornate gardens.  In one of her many palaces, she even had a terrace built so that she could walk away from preying eyes.\n \n  \nElizabeth I playing the lute \nBuy this print at Allposters.com \n The Elizabethans loved music, and Elizabeth was no exception. She was a skilled musician and played the virginals and the lute.  She enjoyed musical entertainments, encouraged musicians and composers, and was especially fond of dancing.  She would dance the difficult and demanding dance, The Galliard,  every morning to k
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hi, and congratulations on your commitment to our teens.  in answer to your question, go to www.foodclassics.com homepage and click on browse recipes.  it will show you a listing of multicultural/ethnic recipes with short bio's of their origins.  i viewed a few and some are pretty reasonable if not cheap.  hope this helps.
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Up until very recently, I was the head cook for an upscale facility that did hospital, cafeteria and restaurant cooking based on medical needs and mood of the individual resident.  It was a very rewarding job and I loved taking the time to visit with our residents.  When I'm done with my own medical treatments, I plan on returning, too!\n\n~Morg~
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Very interesting question that I wish I had an answer for. I was always wondering the opposite sort of speak. How did the Anglo  survive in those caves up in the mountains in the earlier days? I mean they show all of this history on TV with the African man and the early stages of the white man. I'm just glad they discovered how to start a fire so that they could stay warm and could cook their food. I mean could you imagine eating raw meat 24-7?
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Find a LEGAL activity you're passionate in and apply it commercially. The better skilled we are in particular activity, the more the "hard work" is taken out from it.\n\nFrom there, we can harness our driven desire to further that activity into a productive commercial business and reap it's rewards: it's just THAT simple!\n\nDave Thomas, Colonel Harland Sanders and Emeril Lagasse: three chefs of radically different culinary generes. All however harnessed their passion for cooking--and created a highly profitable enterprise that in itself becomes a long lasting social legacy.
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I cant imagine food has changed much over the past hundred years, really depends on what region you are talking about -