'The forme of cury' - the first English cook book?

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'Rycce of Flysh' - a medieval form of risotto - features alongside deer broth, whale, seal, heron and gravy dishes in one of the oldest cook books in modern English. Polly Russell, a food historian and curator at the British Library, pours over the medieval food manuscript - The Forme of Cury. The manuscript contains 196 recipes and was compiled towards the end of the fourteenth century. Image: Water-buffalo broth (Getty)