Marx Rumpolt
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Marx Rumpolt was head cook to Elector of Mainz, Daniel Brendel of Homburg
. His cookbook, Ein new Kochbuch (lit. "A New Cookbook"), written in 1581, was the first textbook for professional chefs in training.
Before Rumpolt came to the court of the Elector of Mainz, he worked for several other European nobles and thus came to learn of the cuisines of different regions, such as Bohemia
and Hungary
. A year before the death of his master, the Elector of Mainz
, Rumpolt wrote his cookbook, which consisted of 2000 recipes and instructions for wine making and 150 woodcuts by Jost Amman
.
Rumpolt's cookbook was, like all cookbooks for that period, intended for aristocratic kitchens' use only.
Daniel Brendel of Homburg
Daniel Brendel of Homburg was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1555 to 1582.-Biography:Daniel Brendel of Homburg was born in Aschaffenburg on March 22, 1522....
. His cookbook, Ein new Kochbuch (lit. "A New Cookbook"), written in 1581, was the first textbook for professional chefs in training.
Before Rumpolt came to the court of the Elector of Mainz, he worked for several other European nobles and thus came to learn of the cuisines of different regions, such as Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. A year before the death of his master, the Elector of Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, Rumpolt wrote his cookbook, which consisted of 2000 recipes and instructions for wine making and 150 woodcuts by Jost Amman
Jost Amman
Jost Amman was a Swiss artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations....
.
Rumpolt's cookbook was, like all cookbooks for that period, intended for aristocratic kitchens' use only.
External links
- "Ein new Kochbuch" - Bibliographic information.
- "Ein new Kochbuch" - Scanned copy by the Herzog August Bibiothek Wolfenbüttel.
- Cooking Rumpolt English translation of Ein new Kochbuch (in progress).