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[Alderton, Philippa]

Anybody know anything about these book? I figure if Alys K gave them out,
they're likely pretty good.


Phlip

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phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

"Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
Scotland, the men." -- Johnson

"It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
Boswell

"And where will you find such horses, and such men?" -- Anonymous

- -----Original Message-----
From: Ian Gourdon <agincort at raex.com>
To: MKcooks <mk-cooks at midrealm.org>
Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 1:45 PM
Subject: [mk-cooks] [Fwd: A book you might be interested in]


>Saradwen Ariandalen wrote:
>>
>> Gourdon,
>>      Last night I was over at Todric's and his roommate, Gaffer, had an
>> interesting book that I thought that you might find interesting.
Searching
>> the 'Net, however, revealed that this book is sadly out-of-print, but you
>> still may be able to locate a copy through various used/rare book dealers
>> online. It is called "The Dutch Table: Gastronomy in the Golden Age of
the
>> Netherlands" by Gillian Riley. It features some of the Dutch still life
>> paintings that we saw in the Cleveland Art Museum and it features recipes
>> for things portrayed in the paintings! I thought this a marvelous
companion
>> book to the Dutch exhibit a few weeks ago and when I looked at the book,
you
>> were the first person to come to mind as I looked through it.
>>
>>      Gaffer also had another book which I thought you might find of
>> interest, as well, sadly, out-of-print, called "Savoring the Past: The
>> French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789" by Barbara Ketchum Wheaton.
You
>> might ask the cooks on the cooking list about these books and if you are
>> interested in acquiring them, search through Used/Rare book sites like
>> www.abebooks.com or Bibliofind.com, to name a few. They are usually
pretty
>> good about finding hard-to-find and out of print books. Gaffer received
>> these two books as gifts from his Laurel, Mistress Alys Katherine, so she
>> obviously must have found them at a Used/Rare bookstore or Internet site
or
>> something.
>>
>>      Anyway, I just thought you might find those to be titles of
interest,
>> since you are apprenticed to Fulk in cooking. They're really nice books,
and
>> since Mistress Alys picked them out, they must be reputable titles! Good
>> luck, and enjoy!
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Lady Saradwen Ariandalen           Sally Burnell, Library Assistant II
>> House Red Winged Lion              Akron-Summit County Public Library
>> saradwen at raex.com                  sburnell at acorn.net
>>
>>            Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi.
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Anybody come across this?
>--
>Ian Gourdon of Glen Awe, OP
>Known as a forester of the Greenwood, Midrealm
> http://web.raex.com/~agincort
>From: Ian Gourdon <agincort at raex.com>
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