SC - Book opinions
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Wed Jun 23 04:53:26 PDT 1999
> The Food Chronology : A Food Lover's Compendium of Events and
>
> Anecdotes, from Prehistory to the Present ~ James Trager / Henry
> Holt
> (Paper) / June 1997
>
Timeline. Useful for establishing a general progression of events. Broad
but shallow. There are inaccuracies and misstatements. No bibliography,
very limited source references. Trager tends to be sloppy about
scholarship.
>
>
> Six Thousand Years of Bread : Its Holy and Unholy History (The Cook's
> Classic
> Library) ~ Heinrich Eduard Jacob, Lynn Alley / The Lyons Press / September
> 1997
>
If you are into the history of bread, this is a good book. No recipes.
> All Manners of Food : Eating and Taste in England and France from the
> Middle
> Ages to the Present ~ Stephen Mennell / Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) /
> November
> 1995
>
A general history. Limited coverage of SCA period. IIRC, this is
where I came across the quote which equated Piers collops to steak. No
recipes.
> A Taste of Ancient Rome ~ Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa, Anna Herklotz
> (Translator) /
> Univ of Chicago Pr (Trd) / March 1994
>
Interesting read. Good recipes giving original, translation and redaction.
Recipes are from a number of sources including Apicius.
Bear
>
>
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