Le Maistre d'Hostel Royal
- Year
- 1662
- Era
- 17th century
- Origin
- France · Europe
- Language
- French
- Category
- French foundational
Le Maistre d'Hostel Royal, issued in Paris in 1662, serves as Pierre de Lune's companion to his earlier cookery treatise, turning attention from the kitchen to the dining room. It sets out the duties of the household steward, the ordering of meals, and the proper service of the table in grand French households. Together with its sister volume, it documents the codification of French haute cuisine and aristocratic table service in the mid seventeenth century.
Cooking from this book
Potage à la Reine
Signature dishA refined almond and poultry pottage thickened to a velvety smoothness, Potage à la Reine stands as an emblem of the courtly service Pierre de Lune sought to codify. As a household steward writing for grand tables, de Lune treated such pottages as the opening flourish of a properly ordered meal, and this dish captures the elegance, almond-rich richness and ceremonial polish that defined mid-seventeenth-century French royal dining.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
