SC - Someone on this list asked me a question..can't remember who!
Mark Schuldenfrei
schuldy at abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Jun 12 10:54:14 PDT 1997
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.
Throw it far away.
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.
It's the second worst book in the Corpus of modern reprints. (Take a
Buttock of Beef is worse).
Tibor
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