SC - Re: Lenten feast for non-Christian characters

[Siegfried Heydrich]

	Allison wrote:
	Cassea, From my bibliography:
	Spencer, Colin.  THE HERETIC'S FEAST, A History of Vegetarianism. 
	University Press of New England, Hanover and London, 1995.  ISBN 0
87451
	708 7.  While generally written from a study of religion viewpoint,
and
	has only some hundred pages on our period, it is useful theoretical
	background.  No recipes. RECOMMENDED only for the serious food
historian,
	and get it from the library.

Saluti!

I second the recommendation on this book, though I think it's a little more
accessible than "only for the serious food historian" (no insult Allison,
but those are words guaranteed to scare off prospective readers! :-). I
thought it was excellent and imminently readable. 
It explains a lot about the Church's attitude towards flesh-eating and
fasting, it's history and roots in Greek and Roman philosophies, Judaic
dietary law, and the influence of early Christian leaders. And if you get
confused about all the different sects - Cathars, Gnostics, etc (I always
do), it provides some extremely useful summations of them through their food
philosophy.

Ciao
Lucrezia


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