[Sca-cooks] Reliability

[Stefan li Rous]

Cassie asked:
> How reliable is " The Medieval Cookbook " by Maggie Black?
This has probably been answered by now, as I see there were *six* 
digests today, but I'm going to answer this since it may be of use in 
the future.

A good source for reviews of various medieval cookbooks is the 
annotated bibliography by Mistress Jaelle. It is available in the 
FOOD-BOOKS section of the Florilegium as:
cookbooks-bib     (44K)  2/15/04    Cookbook bib. by Mistress Jaelle of 
Armida.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BOOKS/cookbooks-bib.html

There are also a number of other reviews of various food related and 
cookbooks in this section.

This is what Mistress Jaelle has to say about the three books by Maggie 
Black, which she lists:
> Black, Maggie. FOOD AND COOKING IN MEDIEVAL BRITAIN.  English 
> Heritage. 1985.  Part of a six part series on British historical 
> food.  Good basic information about food of the time as well. Original 
> recipes and modern redactions.  RECOMMENDED.
>
> Black, Maggie. THE MEDIEVAL COOKBOOK. Thames & Hudson. 1992. Original 
> recipes and modern redactions. General information about food. 
> RECOMMENDED.
>
> Black, Maggie. A TASTE OF HISTORY. English Heritage & British Museum 
> Pubs. London. 1993. This collects all of the `Food and Cooking' series 
> that English Heritage put out in one volume. Good basic information 
> about food of the time, original recipes and modern redactions. 
> RECOMMENDED.

Stefan
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