SC - Recognized historians
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Sun Mar 12 00:35:26 PST 2000
In a message dated 3/12/00 1:37:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, stefan at texas.net
writes:
<< However, I've seen both of these comments made by recognized
historians in the books on period cooking I've been reading.
>>
Recognized historians who write books about period cookery have been known to
be notoriously sloppy in their presentations of 'facts'. The writing of a
book on historical cookery by a recognized historian doesn't make it
'authoritative' any more than a book on history written by a recognized
master chef would make it 'authoritative.'
Many respected writers in the field have been known to get their 'facts'
wrong on many occasions. Hyeatt's (sp?) first edition of Pleyn Delight
contained numerous errors. Both The History of Food and Food in History
contain many errors even though they were written by 'recognized authorities'.
Ras
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