SC - Edible Castles.

[Craig Prince]

I haven't seen this particular book, but Black has also done The Medieval
Cookbook of which I have a copy.  The Medieval Cookbook gives the original
recipe and source, the redaction, and often commentary.  While Black does
modify recipes upon occasion, the changes are minimal and the redactions
appear reasonable.

Bear

> Papa,
> 
> How difficult is it to tell what original she is using?  You probably
> have a lot of the sources, and if you don't, one of us will.
> 
> What's your opinion of how faithfully Maggie Black does redactions?  I
> realize it's a commercial project and not a solely scholarly one.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Allison
> 
> allilyn at juno.com
> 
> On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:28:17 -0500 mfgunter at fnc.fujitsu.com (Michael F.
> Gunter) writes:
> >>   I recently got another medieval cookbook that I'd like some 
> >opinions on.
> >> The tile is 'A Taste Of History.  10,000 years of food in Britain.'  
> >The
> >> Author is Maggie Black.
> >
> >> -Sianan
> 
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