SC - Rice in period?

[Decker, Terry D.]

> I love that great Muslim/Sicilian connection! And the rulers of that
> kingdom were ostensibly Norman, weren't they? What a wonderful
> concatenation of cultures! Can anyone recommend a resource (books are
> fine)
> with info on this period? It would be fun to have a bunch of Italian,
> Norman, Muslim, etc. personae (such as some people i know in real life)
> who
> can relate to each other in one period.
> 
> Anahita
> 
The Normans took the island from the Arabs in 1091 and lost it to the French
in 1194.  The French lost it to Aragon in a rebellion that began with the
Sicilian Vespers on the evening of March 31, 1282.

I would recommend reading Pomp and Sustenance, a cookbook of Sicilian
cooking.

Bear
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