Marx Rumpolt (* est. 1525; †1593 in

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) was head cook to the

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. 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

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and

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. A year before the death of his master, the Elector of

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, Rumpolt wrote his cookbook, which consisted of 2,000 recipes and instructions for

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and 150 woodcuts by

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. Rumpolt's cookbook was, like all cookbooks for that period, intended for aristocratic kitchens only.

References

* ''Ein new Kochbuch'', Frankfurt 1581.

External links

"Ein new Kochbuch"
- Bibliographic information.

- Scanned copy by the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel.
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