A Dutch Eighteenth-Century Personal Collection of Recipes for the Kitchen and for Humans

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Media Studies (MA)

Meindertsma, Jesse (2016)

A Dutch Eighteenth-Century Personal Collection of Recipes for the Kitchen and for Humans

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

This master’s thesis presents an edition of part of a handwritten recipe book dating from the first half of the eighteenth century. It was written by the semi aristocratic and VOC-director Aarnout van Citters from Zeeland, The Netherlands. Recepten voor de Keuken/Recepten voor Menschen (Recipes for the Kitchen/Recipes for Humans), preserved in the Manuscript Department of Amsterdam University Library (shelf-mark VIII E 14), is a book with different content on each side. It features culinary recipes on one side, and, when the book is turned around, medical recipes on the other side. In this edition, all culinary recipes and a small selection of the medical recipes have been transcribed. The aim of this edition is to present this fascinating historical document about the art of cooking to the modern day reader and to offer a historical context to help the reader interpret the recipes.