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Culinary wisdom pours from every page of Scappi’s work, highlighting the chef’s view on patience, sobriety, and careful attention to the tastes of patrons. He emphasizes the need for chefs to understand the quality and nature of the foods they prepare and the importance of keeping spices secured due to their precious nature at the time. Scappi incorporated a significant amount of sugar, noting that around 900 out of a thousand recipes required it, thereby solidifying the sweet-centric flavor profiles popular in Renaissance kitchens.