[Sca-cooks] Libro Novo/Rice Question

[Mairi Ceilidh]

Serena, may I post this to the Italian cooking list?  People there are more
familliar with the Libro Novo than most.

Mairi Ceilidh




> Greetings,
>
> I am having a bit of difficulty digging something up and was hoping
> that some good gentle might be able to assist me. I am working on
> finding a rice dish for my Norman/Sicilian feast and getting
> frustrated.
>
> In Clifford Wright's book Mediterranean Feast he makes the following
statement:
> "I believe that the dish was once a kind of saffron pilaf known among
> the Jeas and Arabs of medieval Sicily who traveled north. As early as
> the sixteenth century, the Renaissance chef Cristoforo da Messisburgo
> had claimed that he thought rissoto con lo zaffrano was born in
> Sicily." His website is just a repeat of what is in the book.
>
> If my brain is not completely betraying me isn't Cristoforo the guy
> responsible for Libro Novo? I do not have a copy of that and if anyone
> does I was wondering if they could take a look see and share the rice
> recipe being referred to (if it exists).
>
> Anything to confirm or deny this line of research would be completely
> welcome. I have poked about the Flori-thingie with very little
> success, and searching for any of the above keywords mostly brings me
> to websites in Italian - which is not particularly helpful.
>
> Glad Tidings,
>
> --Serena da Riva
> Barony of the South Downs, Meridies
>
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