About the Author

Peter G. Rose is a food historian, consultant, lecturer, and author. She contributes a syndicated column on food and cooking for the New York-based Gannett newspapers.

Reviews

[Rose’s] work has produced a rich picture of a people who ate well and heartily, and stocked their larders with a range of fruits, meats, and spices that even by today’s standards would be considered varied." —The New York Times

"A quirky classic of Dutch cuisine. . . . Rose has adapted 25 of the most tempting dishes―including beef with ginger, pear tart and various fried cakes. . . . An intriguing and sometimes sobering portrait of homespun, hardscrabble life―especially for women―300 years ago." —Publishers Weekly