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 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]
Jacobsen, Jan Krag; Husby, Ida; Skaarup, Bi; Holm, Lotte; Carlsen, Helle Brønnum; Bojesen, Rasmus Bo (1997), Maden i kulturhistorisk perspektiv
Jacobsen, Jan Krag; Husby, Ida; Skaarup, Bi; Holm, Lotte; Carlsen, Helle Brønnum; Bojesen, Rasmus Bo (1997),
Den danske madkultur,
Ministry of Culture, archived from
the original on May 26, 2009, retrieved February 18, 2015
Roesdahl, Else (red.) Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder. Chapter: "Samfærdsel, handel og penge", 1999
ISBN87-00-22888-5.