[Sca-cooks] Book info?

[johnna holloway]

We were discussing it back in mid-May on the list; the non-sale price is
85 dollars so 70 is a bargain:

Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Regional Cuisines in Medieval Europe - slightly
OT from May 14, 2002
I managed to track this book down and ordered two copies, but it costs
$85!
arrgggg!  Well, you can always come and read it at my table at
Pennsic....
At the price of some of these books, I feel like setting up a reading
rental!
And Pennsic is only two months away....
Devra the distressed and mentally muddled

So you can check it out at Devra's. It's reported to be very good. I
have a copy on a slow order that I won't see until mid-August. Here's
the description from the Routledge site:

"304 pages (Dimensions 234x156 mm)
Regional Cuisine in Medieval Europe explores the regional and
interregional influences on food production and consumption during the
Middle Ages. Expert food historians provide detailed histories of the
creation and development of particular delicacies in six regions of
medieval Europe-Britain, France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the Low
Countries.
Contents: Introduction 1. The Classical World 2. Medieval Britain 3.
Medieval France A. Northern France B. Southern France 4. A. Medieval
Italy B. Medieval Sicily 5.             Medieval Spain 6. Medieval
Germany The Low Countries in the Fifteenth and   Sixteenth Centuries
Bibliography
Series Information:  Garland Medieval Casebooks

At 85.00 this means that those casebooks have tripled in price
within a decade.

Hope this helps--

Johnna Holloway  Johnnae llyn Lewis



Erika Thomenius wrote:>
> While checking out the Scholar's Bookshelf sale, I ran across a book called
> _Regional Cuisines in Medieval Europe_, edited by Melitta Weiss Adamson.>
> Is it a historical overview, or does it also have recipes?  Is it worth
> spending $70US on?
> > -Gytha "waffling..." Karlsdotter