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[Schumacher, Deborah (AZ15)]

hey all from Anne-Marie

Ras sez re: a post of mine:
><< We have a cookbook we published from that era...its out of print,  >>
>
>Considering the recent upsurge in interest in period cookery I would think 
>that reprinting would be a service to the Society or at the very least 
>putting it on-line or offering to make copies for those who may be
interested.

We choose not to reprint it becuase it no longer reflects what we do. The
book is full of recipes, that while very yummy, are either blatent
violations of copywrited material, and/or out of period (including a great
recipe for moussaka, including tomatoes). Theres not a single primary
source in the whole thing, and I would be hardpressed to find a single
recipe that fits my definition of what "period" is. Perioide, sure. 

We've since moved on to the Feudal Gourmet series that is a series of small
pamphlets (available through the An Tir Stock Clerk, or from Eden Rain at
raghead at liripipe.com) that cover individual feasts we've done, complete
with primary source quotes. We're in the middle of doing our fifth?
something like that. The first one, "A Culinary Reference Manual" which
discusses how to reconstruct recipe from primary source material is out of
print because we sold out, and we are hoping to revise a lot of it, as
again, our research shows us that the original information is in some
places out of date. We will not reprint it because we dont want to put out
of date material into the hands of people who would take it as gospel :).
We're still working ont hat project, or more accurately, hoping to find the
time to do it, but we keep getting distracted by having to cook all the
time :)

>
>Again none of the above is meant as a reflection on the MCG and should not
be 
>construed as such. It is a statement on the publishing world in general.

Understood. But please also understand that sometimes there's a good reason
for not re-printing something, like the authors want to do a revised
edition like Playn Delit did, etc. (and yay for them! :))

- --AM

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