The Venison Cook or Hospitality in Medieval Ireland 900 1500

The Venison Cook: 106 Imaginative Recipes

Author: Diane Dalton

Venison is one of the original freerange, additive-free meats, low in fat and cholesterol and gaining popularity by leaps and bounds in this health-conscious age. Here are 106 recipes ranging from soups and cold buffets through to the more challenging and exotic dish for that special occasion, all making the most of this delicious meat. The authors give practical advice on species, culling and seasons, preparation of meat and marinading, as well as a wealth of suggestions and new ideas for combinations of ingredients. The authors' easy style is complemented by an entertaining series of Matthew Lawrence cartoons throughout.

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Hospitality in Medieval Ireland, 900-1500

Author: Catherine OSullivan

This book reconstructs, from a range of documentary sources, the practice of hospitality, in its widest sense, and addresses the motivating forces that lay behind its provision, reception and reciprocation.

Table of Contents:

	Illustrations	6
	Acknowledgements	7
	Abbreviations	9
	Introduction	11
1	Hospitality in medieval Ireland: An introduction to the sources	17
2	From kings and clerics to wandering bands and exiles: Recipients of medieval Ireland's hospitality	31
3	Hospitality and the ordinary householder	63
4	Hospitality and the Irish nobility: Open-handed generosity in the royal courts of medieval Ireland	67
5	Hospitality and the Irish guesthouse-keeper	120
6	Hospitality and the Irish Church: Guesting, feasting and gift giving as prescribed by the Irish Church and practised throughout medieval Ireland	164
App	Observations on the customs of hospitality in medieval Ireland	211
	Bibliography	247
	Index	261