YIL* about [one of?] the earliest cookbooks in English: "The Forme of Cury", a scroll of recipes compiled about 1390, " by the master-cooks of King Richard II", later published by Samuel Pegge in 1780. One can download a PDF of the Pegge version from the US Library of Congress, at the link.

The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of King Richard II, presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth, by Edward Lord Stafford, and now in t...

Dedication signed: S. Pegge. Signatures: a² b-e⁴ f² A-U⁴ Y² Z-2B⁴. The portrait of Samuel Pegge is dated 1785. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 361 ESTC T40042 Also available in digital form on the...

*From watching a video by Max Miller, YouTube channel "Tasting History", about the book and its recipe for "Galyntine Sauce": youtu.be/2OFUZ_hd8_k?...

England's Oldest Cookbook: The Forme of Cury

YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller