[Sca-cooks] Re: what is your project?

[Christina Nevin]

	Hello!  I'd like to get an idea of who is working on what.
	Tell us, please, what culinary history project (if any) are you
working on now?
	What have you completed?
	Regards, Cindy

Saluti,

I am currently trying to write up an article based on a workshop on the
influence of religious restrictions (fasting, Lent & feasts), humoral
theory, and vegetarianism on the Christian medieval diet. The paper keeps
expanding though!
I was reading a few months ago in a magazine (I think Scientific American?)
that someone was bringing out a book on the history of dietary theory, which
would naturally include a section on humors. Does anyone have details of
this?

I have half finished the London Eats Out Exhibition thingy and what's done
is up on my cooking webpage (finally!) at
http://www.geocities.com/thorngrove/cooking.htm
The pages are graphics heavy, sorry (well, that is the point of them), and
take between 20 to 35 secs to load over a 56.6 modem. I'm not sure when
Sections 3 & 4 will be put up as they are still 'in the raw'.

In terms of workshops etc, I'll be giving one on the effects of the seasons,
trade (esp. the spice trade) & preservation methods sometime in July. So if
anyone has any books or articles they recommend, other than the standard
texts, I'd love to hear about them (Isabel?).

I'm also Co-cook for Lammas Festival in September, which is usually a small
feast but I like to do a reasonable amount of research for it. This year I'm
thinking of using Curye on Inglyshe (or however it's spelt) which is a
departure from my usual later period style. So lots of redacting and
trialling there.

In between, I have a Pennsic dinner to plan and cook, and lots of other
stuff to do as our next Queen's Accessories Mistress (I need to get a life
outside the SCA!)...

Ciao
Lucrezia


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