SC - Roman cookbook

[Cindy Renfrow]

>linneah at erols.com wrote:
>>
>> Greetings.  I just heard something about a cookbook published in 1475 by a
>> Roman librarian named "Sacci" (sp?).  Does anyone have information on it?
>>
>> Linneah
>
>That wouldn't be Bartolomeo Scappi, would it?
>
>If so, he is the author of "De Honestae Voluptuae", under the name
>Platina.
>
>Adamantius

Also:

Il Cuoco Segreto di Papa Pio V (The Private Chef of Pope Pius V), by
Bartolomeo Scappi, Venice, 1570.  This is chock full of marvelous
illustrations, including one of an Italian field kitchen.  I'd dearly love
to get my hands on a copy of this book if anyone has one...

HTH

Sincgiefu
a.k.a. Cindy Renfrow
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