The Forme of Cury (Method of Cooking, cury being from Middle French cuire: to cook) is an extensive collection of medieval English recipes of the 14th century, in the form of a scroll. Its authors are given as "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II". The modern name was given to it by Samuel Pegge, who published an edition of it in 1780 for the curator of the British Museum, Gustavus Brander. This name has since come into usage for almost all versions of the original manuscript. Along with Le Viandier, it is the best-known medieval guide to cooking. The scroll was written in late Middle English (c. 1390) on vellum and details some 205 recipes (although the exact number of recipes varies slightly between different versions). From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).