SC - Charlemagne

[Decker, Terry D.]

> "Peggy A. Stonnell" wrote:
> > 
> > I am planing the menu for a feast that is set in the time 
> of Charlemagne.
> > Could you suggest any sources that talk of what was served 
> at the court of
> > Charlemagne, what foods were eaten, how it was served, etc. 
>  I have a few
> > references to that time, I'm looking for that I have missed.
> 
> You might look at Anthimus, who wrote a letter on food to a previous
> King of the Franks some 275 years prior. I hear that the Mark Grant
> translation from Prospect Books is currently out of print, but I'd be
> surprised if you couldn't find a copy from someplace.
> 
> Adamantius

I purchased a copy from Poison Pen Press earlier this year.  You might check
with Devra to see if she still has any in stock.

Bear