SC - Platina/Martino search

[Elaine Koogler]

I'm trying to locate a copy of Scully's translation of Chiquart's "On Cookery",
if you happen to find that!  I'd be really grateful....

Kiri

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:

> 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
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