Category: Scappi
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A Pumpkin Tourte
This is a slightly edited version of a recipe redaction I created for the 2025 Ealdormere Cooks’ Calendar. I chose the month of October, and here in Canada, that mneans Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving means pumpkin pie. Fortunately, Bartolomeo Scappi gives us the perfect recipe for the season. To prepare a tourte of domestic pumpkin without Read more
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Epic pizza
This is a slightly adapted version of a recipe redaction I created for the 2024 Kingdom of Ealdormere Cooks’ Calendar. Table of Contents To make a layered round pizza in another way, cooked in the oven on card. Take two pounds of flour and make a dough with warm water, salt and an ounce of Read more
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Scappi, Scully, and me
Here’s the beginning of my Bartolomeo Scappi blog. I’ve actually been dawdling through this for several years, first as a blog and later with the intention of creating a proper, printable book. Fellow Renaissance food enthusiasts will know that Bartolomeo Scappi’s 1570 Opera dell’arte del cucinare is one of the earliest professional cooking manuals, and Read more