1494 - Food And Drink

Food And Drink

De Partibus Aedium by Italian author Francesco Mario Grapaldi, published at Parma, discusses the various foods and wines to be kept on hand in the perfect home.

Scotland's James IV orders his exchequer to give "eight bowles of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aquavitae." It is the first recorded reference to Scotch whisky.

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