SC - Hot drinks

[Laura C Minnick]

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Helen wrote:

> I just read Fabulous Feasts.  Has anyone else read it?  What do you
> think?

I think that it is in most ways just what it says, a study of the
"fabulous" or unusual and exotic in renaissance cooking.  It should not be
taken as a study of "normal" feastin, cooking, or eating.

The recipes in FF are just plain poorly done.  This is not a book to use
as a resource for actual cooking.  However the pictures alone are probably
worth the price of the book - if of course you can remember to look at the
pictures and not read the text with too much enthusiasm.

There is an excellent review of FF on the Serve It Forth! web site at:

http://oldcolo.com/~memorman/sif_home.html

It was done by Master Kay Delfleur and in addition to a chapter by chapter
analysis of the book, it has some comments on his meeting with the author
at a talk that she gave nearly 20 years ago.

Elaina

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