SC - soft fruit glut Idea

[Helen]

	I am flying to Cincinatti this weekend for my nephew's wedding to a girl
I have never met.  I went to JC Penny's and looked up her gift registry,
all set to buy matching towels, when I noticed a selection of kitchen
gadgets they had selected.  Well, I thought to myself, if she wants
kitchen stuff....	So, I bought several nice OXO and Hoffritz thingies
(strainer, measuring cups and spoons, tongs, etc.).  Then, thought I, she
is going to need cookbooks!  So I went to one of my frequent used book
haunts, looking for a good "Joy of Cooking" or somesuch.  I turned up a
nice copy of "Jeff Smith Cooks American", which I thought would be a good
starter for a young, Christian country girl (all I know about her) and a
small volume called "A Proper Breakfast" by Alexandra Parsons and Evie
Safarewicz.  It is a delightful book exploring the 'proper' breakfast of
cuisines all around the world.  It starts off with a discussion of
different beverages, (tea, coffee, chocolate) their history and how to
make them properly.  I'm reading this and thinking "she doesn't *really*
need two cookbooks... NO, no, I don't need another cookbook, this is a
gift for her...", so I just decided to read it cover to cover before I
send it.  I'll find another copy for myself later.  Really.  Anyway, in
the section about 'Breakfast in the Mountains" discusses hearty Alpine
faire, and starts off with a recipe for *rosti*, a fried potato pancake. 
Then, they drop a tidbit that really caught my attention.  It says "It
was in Switzerland that the first cookbook written by a woman was
published in 1598.  It contained the first known recipe for rosti and
today you will find it on most breakfast menus, ..." !
	So, have I missed something?  Are we aware of this source, and I've just
missed it?  I wish they said who the author was, they are pretty good
about quoting the sources for their numerous quotes throughout the book. 
I WILL send this book along to her, but I will also find myself another
copy sometime.  
	Christianna
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