SC - Someone on this list asked me a question..can't remember who!

Greg Lindahl lindahl at pbm.com
Thu Jun 12 09:35:10 PDT 1997


> 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.

Jaelle's annotated bibliography mentions that some of these redacted
recipes contain non-period ingredients. 'tis a shame that the same
standard of documentation doesn't extend through the entire book.

- -- gb

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