Esperança Pina, Margarida2022-09-292022-09-292022-031540-5877PURE: 46804554PURE UUID: 5b4d7d1b-2323-4841-b7b3-9f869330eb8chttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/144403UIDB/00657/2020 UIDP/00657/2020At first, we will try to define a few basic concepts of food culture and conviviality, and then explain the importance of the food code for medical sciences. In a second moment, we will try to demonstrate how Portuguese gastronomy gains a new orientation, with a Renaissance manuscript that could be considered the first Portuguese cookery book. Keywords: Renaissance, Literature, Medicine, Gastronomy, Recipe13244124spajournal articlehttps://www.ehumanista.ucsb.edu/volumes/51