[Sca-cooks] Speaking of Translations

[James Prescott]

At 16:58 -0700 2003-11-02, KarenO wrote:
> Does anyone remember this post back in May?
>>I have, with the assistance of Jeremy Fletcher, completed the second draft
> of a translation into English of the 1604 French cookbook "Ouverture de
> Cuisine" by Lancelot de Casteau.
> It is in French, but is actually a Belgian cookbook, from the city of Liege.
> It is primarily a cookbook in the French
> tradition, plus there are Dutch and Italian influences.
> Master Thorvald Grimsson (James Prescott)
> Coordinator, Ouverture translation project<
> 
>     I've not heard anything else about it, and I was excited about helping,
> then too much stuff happened, so I had to bow out.  So, is it done? is it
> available for purchase?


I had a ton of initial interest (about 30 people), but by July 31 had
received only a couple of contributions (which were nevertheless most 
valuable).

I'm continuing the work towards completing the project.  I have made
no estimate of completion date, and have not so far investigated the
possibility of paper publication.
-- 

James Prescott / Thorvald Grimsson
Coordinator, Ouverture translation project