OverviewThe development of clean kitchens, clear recipes, and food conventions really took off during the Renaissance. The first ‘celebrity chef’ was a man named Bartolommeo Scappi, who wasthe Pope’s cook for many years and eventually wrote a book, The Opera, in which he gives extensive etchings of kitchens, utensils, and cooking methods. This ‘first modern cookbook’ remains a fascinating, rare text. Before Hunting, students could watch this lecture from Deborah Krohn and the Getty Institute abo