SC - Unhistoric things we serve WAS:Shepherds Pie

[Nick Sasso]

List,

    Has anyone done a search on Amazon.com for Platina or Maestro Martino 
recently?  I did that a few minutes ago, and both turned up with a lot of 
hits, mostly out of print stuff.  I am just wondering if these are titles by 
the same guys, or if they just happen to be coincidence.  I'm wondering 
because I found out today, while looking for juggling and rocketry supplies 
(both of which are very difficult to find here), that a local hobby store has 
access to a lot of out of print cookery books (evidently, they consider 
cooking a hobby...imagine that).  I'm wondering if it would be worth the 
effort for them to try to track down some of the more obscure titles folks on 
the list have been looking for.  Any suggestions?  I already have them 
looking for any Catalan or Norman references (Catalan for our friends on the 
list, and Norman for myself).  Pop some titles at me, won't you?

Balthazar of Blackmoor
(who has fond memories of a time when cooking was a hobby....ahhh...the days 
before chefs coats and silly looking hats...110 degree kitchens...and Creme 
Brulee, heavy on the Brulee..)

Complacency Breeds Contempt