Bi Skaarup Explained
Bi Skaarup (September 9, 1952, in Copenhagen – March 15, 2014, in Copenhagen[1]) was a Danish archeologist, author, food historian and lecturer. She was employed at Museum of Copenhagen from 1985 to 2006 as curator, and was responsible for parts of the excavations during the construction of Copenhagen Metro and wrote several articles about the subjects.
In 1995–96 she helped to develop the medieval restaurant The Golden Swan at the Danish open-air museum Middelaldercentret at Nykøbing Falster. She worked as a consultant until her death.[2] [3]
In 2006 she moved to Falster with her husband to do courses and lectures in historical cookery.[3]
She wrote multiple cookbooks about historical food, and was appointed president of the Danish Gastronomic Academy, which she became a member of in 1991. She participated in numerous television programs about historical cooking, especially on the Danish television channel dk4 together with the journalist Frantz Howitz. She died in the spring of 2014 after long illness. She was mentioned as a pioneer in her work with the history of food.[4]
Bibliography
Books
- 1997 Mad og spisevaner fra middelalderen, Middelaldercentret[5]
- 1999 Middelaldermad. Kulturhistorie, kilder og 99 opskrifter. With Henrik Jacobsen.
- 2006 Renæssancemad. Opskrifter og køkkenhistorie fra Christian 4.'s tid
- 2011 Bag brødet: dansk brød og bagning gennem 6000 år
- 2014 Kongelige Tafler[6]
Articles
- 1988 "Arkæologiske undersøgelser i København", Københavns Kronik nr. 42, s. 5–8
- 1991 "Gammeltorv – Nytorv", Københavns Kronik nr. 53, s. 3–7
- 1992 "Nyt om Københavns arkæologi", Københavns Kronik nr. 58, s. 8
- 1993 "Nyt om Københavns arkæologi", Københavns Kronik nr. 61, s. 3–4
- 1994 "Soffye", Skalk nr. 5; s. 26–29
- 1995 "Nyt om Københavns arkæologi", Københavns Kronik nr. 67, s. 2–3
- 1997 "1000-års historie under Kongens Nytorv", Københavns Kronik nr. 77, s. 5–9
Contributions
- Dahl, Bjørn Westerbeek; Skaarup, Bi og Christensen, Peter Thorning; Guide til Københavns Befæstning. 900 års befæstningshistorie, København: Environment- and Ministry of Energy, Danish Nature Agency 1996. Online
- Roesdahl, Else (red.) Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder. Chapter: "Samfærdsel, handel og penge", 1999 .
Notes and References
- News: Claus . Tingstrøm . Dødsfald . March 18, 2014 . Folketidendegruppen . .
- Web site: Bi Skaarup . 2015-02-18 . Saxo.dk . Danish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020185102/http://www.gyldendal.dk/bi-skaarup . 2014-10-20 .
- Web site: Bi Skaarup . February 18, 2015 . gravsted.dk . Danish.
- News: Else-Marie . Boyhus . Else-Marie Boyhus . Mindeord over middelalderarkæolog Bi Skaarup . . Folketidendegruppen . March 20, 2014 .
- http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/bornesiden/lsmere-litteratu.html Forslag til litteratur
- http://www.gyldendal.dk/bi-skaarup Bi Skaarup
