[Sca-cooks] Re: Cookbook?

[johnna holloway]

Johnnae llyn Lewis sends greetings.

Another source that no one has mentioned is to take
a look in the children's section. Aliki's Medieval Feast
is available in paperback. There are a number of others
including several by the the publisher D.K. that have
various photo's of recreated scenes.

Also for the art books, talk to your local librarian
about what they have in their art section. Academic
art libraries or museum libraries are another source
that might let you come and make notes of useful titles.
Art books are very expensive due to the use of color,
and while you might find what you need in terms of pictures
you might not have enough money left to continue your
hobby.

There are two relatively new books from England that might
prove useful Eat Drink and Be Merry. The British at Table
1600-2000 edited by Ivan Day and Peter Brears' All The King's
Cooks The Tudor Kitchens of Henry VIII at Hampton Court
Palace. But both are relatively expensive. One paperback
that is available with lots of art is Cosman's Fabulous
Feasts which can be used for the pictures. No one likes
her recipe adaptations, but the pictures could provide you
with at least medieval era inspiration.

Hope this helps.

Johnna Holloway

Elise Fleming wrote:
>
> Renee wrote:
> >I recreate miniature food from cl=
> >ays & resins (such as in a dollhouse or castle / 1" scale) and have
> had req=
> >uests for medevial and tutor food. (I really like the illusion food
> too!) I=
> > need a cookbook with REALLY good pictures to go by. Any help or
> suggestion=
> >s will be greatly appreciated
>
> You might try some of the books with collections of art/paintings.
> I've found several on sale at places like Borders.  The "better"
> ones are of Dutch still lifes.  They show prepared foods as wells as
> pastries, sweets, and fresh produce.  If you have an art museum in
> the area try looking in their gift shop for specific names.  A good
> one is _Still Life_ by Norbert Schneider and the publisher I have is
> Taschen.  I've seen this, however, in two different forms (hard- and
> soft-cover) and IIRC, the title was different, but the work was the
> same.  I have another large book from the exhibition of Dutch still
> lifes that came through the area a few years ago.  I think a still
> life book would be your best bet and you should look for Schneider's
> to see if that is what you are after.
>
> There is also _Renaissance Recipes_ by Gillian Riley, although many
> of the pictures aren't of food but of people.  Ditto for Reay
> Tannahill's _The Fine Art of Food_.
>
> Alys Katharine
>
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