Bi Skaarup

Bi Skaarup
Born September 9, 1952
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died March 15, 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 61)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Occupation Archeologist, food historian
Years active 1984 - 2014

Bi Skaarup (September 9, 1952, Copenhagen - March 15, 2014, Copenhagen[1]) was a Danish archeologist, author, food historian and lecturer. She was employed at Museum of Copenhagen from 1985-2006 as curator, and was responsible for parts of the excavations during the construction of Copenhagen Metro and wrote several articles about the subjects.

The restaurant The Golden Swan at Middelaldercentret, which Skaarup helped develop.

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 telelvision 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]

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References

  1. Tingstrøm, Claus (2014-03-18). "Dødsfald". Lolland-Falsters Folketidende (Folketidendegruppen).
  2. "Bi Skaarup" (in Danish). Saxo.dk. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  3. 1 2 "Bi Skaarup" (in Danish). gravsted.dk. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  4. Boyhus, Else-Marie (2014-03-20). "Mindeord over middelalderarkæolog Bi Skaarup". Lolland-Falsters Folketidende (Folketidendegruppen).
  5. Forslag til litteratur, Middelaldercentret.dk. Hentet 5/8-2013
  6. Bi Skaarup. Gyldendal. Hentet 20/10-2014
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