Book | Neringa Dambrauskaitė-Martinkėnė | Rulers Eat

You learn a lot about rulers from battles. Even more from what was on their plates.

This book invites you to visit the kitchens and tables of Polish kings and Grand Dukes of Lithuania: Sigismund Augustus, Stephen Báthory, Sigismund III Vasa, and Władysław IV Vasa.

As you read, you will learn about the food and drinks served in the royal kitchens of the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, what dishes they enjoyed, and what flavours dominated the palaces of that era.

Historical sources discovered by the author reveal authentic recipes, festive menus, and a wealth of gastronomic curiosities. The book tells who managed the royal kitchens, who worked there, what tools the chefs used, what dishes adorned the royal table, and what magnificent court feasts looked like.

Neringa Dambrauskaitė-Martinkėnė is a historian, medievalist, doctor of humanities, lecturer at the Faculty of History of Vilnius University, member of the Lithuanian Heraldry Commission, and author of the book “Noble Houses of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 16th to the First Half of the 17th Century”.

Author: Neringa Dambrauskaitė-Martinkėnė
Publisher: Aukso žuvys
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9786098335408
Format: 178 × 247 mm / hardcover
Pages: 200
Language: Lithuanian