SC - Berries

[Decker, Terry D.]

hey all from Anne-Marie

we are asked:
At 06:46 PM 8/21/99 +0200, Håkan Hedrén wrote:
>I plan to order a few books and would like some opinions on them please.
>
>Cooking/Food:
>A. Hagen:        A 2nd handbook of Anglosaxon Food And Drink.

Highly recommended. Get both if you can. The only thing out there in my
opinion that does a good job of talking about what was eaten in the earlier
part of SCA period. She cites a source for EVERYTHING. woo hoo! I
especially liek the chromatography data that suggests that they cooked the
cabbage. Science geeks unite! :)


>H. Norris:           Medieval Costume & Fashion
20 years ago this was the standard. Now, we all use it as an example of
what not to do...Norris was notorious for re-drawing medieval illos, and
adding details that he thought "must" be there. pretty pictures and a good
place to start if you know nothing, and are intimidated by "real" costume
books, but for a real reserach library, I wouldnt recommend it. I have a
bootleg copy that I made when I first joined, and I use it for newbies who
want an idea of what to wear to an SCA event, adding LOTS of disclaimers...


>F.L. Boucher et al: 20 000 Years of Fashion
I own this book...it has lots of primary souce material photos, including
some extant exam0ples. yay! I cant speak for the accuracy of the text,
since I never read it, I just look at the pictures :).

good luck! book shopping is fun.
- --AM





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