[Sca-cooks] Re:Charlemagne's Tablecloth was New Book?

[Johnna Holloway]

Saw the American edition of this at Borders this past weekend.
I was shocked to see that the color photos of the UK edition have
been changed to black and white in the US edition. It does make
a big difference given the various artworks that are reproduced here.
Half of the charm of the English edition lies in the various illustrations.
I thought I would warn people anyway that this is not the same book that 
came out in
the UK.
http://seriouslygoodvenison.co.uk/charlemagne_s_tablecloth.php features 
the UK one.

Johnnae

> It's been out in Canada and the UK for a year or longer now.
> It has some interesting material in it, although it's not a cookbook
> or a history but rather a reflection on food in history. snipped
>  The author did one of those
> pastry stags that bleeds wine when an arrow is pulled out and she
> included a picture of that for example.  My guess is that certain 
> people will like
> it well enough  to read and enjoy it. One can get ideas and 
> inspiration from it.
> Others will dismiss the book as unnecessary and worthless.
> I have already heard people dismiss it. Try interlibrary loaning a 
> copy in before buying a copy.
>
> Johnnae
>
> The Sheltons wrote: Is anyone familiar with this book that was just 
> published this month?  Some of it covers our time of interest, but I 
> don't know anything about this author and how good her research 
> is.     "Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting" by 
> Nichola Fletcher
>