About the author

Bi Skaarup (September 9, 1952 in Copenhagen – March 15, 2014 in Copenhagen) was a Danish archeologist, author, food historian and lecturer. She was employed at Museum of Copenhagen from 1985-2006 as curator, and was responsible for parts of the excavations during the construction of Copenhagen Metro and wrote several articles about the subjects.

In 1995-96 she helped to develop the medieval restaurant The Golden Swan at the Danish open-air museum Middelaldercentret at Nykøbing Falster. She worked as a consultant until her death.

In 2006 she moved to Falster with her husband to do courses and lectures in historical cookery.

She wrote multiple cookbooks about historical food, and was appointed president of the Danish Gastronomic Academy, which she became a member of in 1991. She participated in numerous television programs about historical cooking, especially on the Danish television channel dk4 together with the journalist Frantz Howitz. She died in the spring of 2014 after long illness. She was mentioned as a pioneer in her work with the history of food.

Renæssancemad

Opskrifter og køkkenhistorie fra Christian 4.'s tid

Underholdende, kulturhistorisk kogebog, der tager udgangspunkt i en bryllupsfest Christian 4. holdt for sin søn i 1634. Øjenvidneberetninger, råvarelister og opskrifter giver mulighed for at genskabe både den overvældende festmad og renæssancens hverdagsretter i det moderne køkken.
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Edition1
Printed pages155
Publish date12 Jun 2006
Published byGyldendal
Languagedan
ISBN print9788702047042