Re(2): Re(2): SC - Caffeine in period

[Sue Wensel]

In a message I posted last week, I mentioned receiving a new medieval
cookbook as a gift and that I was impressed by the documentation.  I
described the book as "3/4 documentation, 1/4 recipes."  One of you 
good people e-mailed me asking for the details, and in a flurry of mail-
box cleaning I deleted her message.

The book is _Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony_ by 
Madeleine Pelner Cosman.  It was originally published in 1976 by
George Braziller Inc., 60 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  The book
I was given is the sixth printing, dated 1995.

One word of warning before you rush out to buy it:  the lavish documenta-
tion relates to the facts stated in her general chapters on such topics 
as "bread," "raw ingredients," "table setting," "Feast Itinerary of Sir 
Gawain," etc.  INDIVIDUAL RECIPES ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY DOCUMENTED, and 
she does not even include the original recipe.  Still, I found the book
fascinating.

Juana Teresa de Salamanca
(formerly known as Joan the As-Yet-Unpersonaed)