SC -

[Olwen the Odd]

I just got this book at Pennsic.  Didn't give up too much for it, but I 
bought it for the art and haven't really read it yet although thumbing 
through it I would have to agree with Katja.
olwen


>From: "Adler, Chris" <Chris.Adler at westgroup.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: "'0SCA-Cooks'" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: SC -
>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:25:20 -0500
>
> >>The orange book on renaissance italian cooking and artists (the recipes
>are NOT period) has some biographical material on the italian cooks,
>including the guy that Platina got his recipes from. Of course, i can't
>remeber th title or anything, and the book is at hme.>>
>
>Hello,
>The name of the book is "Renaissance Recipes (Painters & Food) " by Gillian
>Riley. It's out of print, according to Amazon. I got the book as a prize
>from an A&S competition, and also don't recommend the redacted recipes 
>since
>they're very modernized (and there's no original recipes cited).
>
>The artwork is quite beautiful and yes, the forward talks at length about
>various famous cooks - it's interesting, but I don't know enough yet to 
>know
>if it's very accurate. Can anyone comment on the veracity of this book's
>text material?
>
>Katja
>
>
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