[Sca-cooks] period cookbook recommendations and bread knives

[Stefan li Rous]

Arwen commented:
> As far as loot, my in-laws are buying our plane tickets to Estrella for
> us (yay!); my folks just gave money, but since it's been more than a
> year since I had any new period cookbooks, guess where that will go?
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
I think the usual answer here to that question has been that it will 
depend upon whether a particular time or place is among your interests, 
whether you want the authors redactions or just a reprint of the period 
recipe etc. You can find a lot of commentary and reviews of various 
period cookbooks in the FOOD-BOOKS section of the Florilegium, although 
I often recommend this annotated bibliography:
cookbooks-bib     (44K)  2/15/04    Cookbook bib. by Mistress Jaelle of 
Armida.
> But my favorite may be the present I found for myself ... a lovely 10"
> Wusthof bread knife that was languishing in the knife bin at my local
> thrift store ... the only thing wrong with it appears to be a small
> burn scar on the handle.  For $4 (US), I can live with it!
Yes, this sounds like a great find. We've discussed kitchen knife care 
here on several occasions. I just checked and I've not turned that info 
into a file yet. If you are interested, let me know and I'll send you 
my rough notes or create and get the file online.
>
> Arwen
> (finding it a challenge to get back to the low-carb diet after the
> holiday eat-a-thon!)
Uh? Isn't getting a nice bread knife a bit counter-productive for a 
low-carb diet? :-)

Stefan
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