Cooking and cuisine in late Anglo-Saxon England
Alban Gautier
Abstract This article tries to explore the question of whether Anglo-Saxons in tenth and eleventh centuries actually had an interest elaborate socially distinctive food preparations – whether, use words that have been employed defined by anthropologists other social scientists, their practices distinguished ‘cooking’ from ‘cuisine’, or even ‘gastronomy’. Through study written sources archaeological data, we address several issues which can tell us about Anglo-Saxons’ attitude towards food: existence proper kitchens specialized cooks; ‘privileged foods’ categories widely recognized as suitable for elites; ways recipes were transmitted. The answer is may known some forms ‘cooking’, ‘cuisine’ existed but cannot be identifi ed such, ‘gastronomy’ was not a part thought world.
Anglo-Saxon England