SC - Re: Testicles

[Decker, Terry D.]

>Greetings!  I've been meaning to write about some of the "new" books I 
>found when a recent post "tickled" my memory from one of them.  Someone 
>mentioned that Catherine de Medici brought Italian cooks to France, 
>which is apparantly an "old cooks' legend" and not accurate.  Elizabeth 
>David, one of the cooking "gods" has a new version of her _Italian 
>Food_ which I was going to tell you all about.  (Actually, her estate 
>does.  She died a few years ago.) (ISBN 0-7651-9651-4)  The book 
>currently appears to be on "mark down" at Borders Bookstores for $5.99! 
> The book is profusely illustrated, mostly with reproductions of 
>_period_ art which depict various aspects of cookery.  For the pictures 
>and documentation alone, it's worth the price.
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>
>Alys Katharine

I'll stop by Borders on my way home.

There is a book of recipes associated with Catherine de Medici.  It was
published in 1555 by Girolamo Rusceli, an Italian who was Catherine's
astrologer.
The book is The Secrets of the Reverand Master Alixis of Piedmont and it
has been described to me as a collection of remedies with the odd
cooking recipe thrown in. 

Bear
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