SC - Food & Feast in Medieval England

[Wendy]

The quality of the information or the physical book?
Caitlin

Acanthusbk at aol.com wrote:

> Acanthus Books is not
> carrying it because of quality issues.
>
> If you're aware that the quality of this book is not that good and understand
> that the value of the book actually *is* $9.98, then it's a good purchase. If
> you're expecting the Sutton hardcover, now out of print and scarce, this is
> not it.
>
> Amanda
> Acanthus Books
> http://www.acanthus-books.com
>
> Lord Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >>Greetings,
>
>  Looking through the Daedalus Books catalog, I see that this book:
>
>  > Hammond, P.A. FOOD AND FEAST IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. Alan
>  > Sutton. 1003.  A very good comprehensible book on food and foodways
>  > of the middle ages.  Plenty of good pictures.  RECOMMENDED.
>
>        quoted from the bibliography by Jaelle of Armida
>        which is in my Florilegium (cookbooks-bib).
>
>  is available from them for $9.98. Their catalog number for this
>  book is: 90031. They do have a website at: http:www.daedalusbooks.com
>  and an order number at: 1-800-395-2665. For Canada and outside the US:
>  410-309-2705. I couldn't make their online order form work and ended
>  up calling them anyway, which is how I have ordered from them in the past.
>
>  They do charge a $4.95 per order handling fee.
>
>  The book's regular price is: 18.99 pounds.
>
>  I found this book at my local Half-Price Books store a week or two
>  ago for the same price, so I didn't order it from Daedalus, but
>  I thought some of you might want to know about this.
>
>  The book does not have recipes, but it does seem to give a fairly
>  good overview of food history for England. There are a few points
>  that I might quibble with the author but I would recommend it,
>  especially at this price.
>
>  Lord Stefan li Rous
>  stefan at texas.net
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