[Sca-cooks] Basque Food

[Johnna Holloway]

Sorry if I confused things. I was on my way out the door
to go get Patrick from practice. Santich is the only thing in English 
that comes to mind that might be close
to containing medieval fare that the Basque people might have eaten.
I did say it contained Catalan fare. Culinaria Spain doesn't contain
a good historical section on the cusine; it does for a number of
regions, but not this one. I checked Adamson
and some of the other stuff laying around and didn't find anything else.
In checking FirstSearch,
there are however at least 170 books catalogued under Cookery, Basque
so there might be something mentioned in one of those. 24 are listed as
being in English. The only book that comes through in an added keyword
search with the word history added is this one--
Traditional Basque cooking :
history and preparation / which is a University of Nevada Press.
UNV Press site says:
Traditional Basque Cooking: History and Preparation
Jose Maria Busca Isusi
Busca Isusi discusses the history of Basque food from prehistoric times
to the modern age—the kinds of food eaten, the cooking utensils
employed, and the methods of preparation used. These favorite Basque
recipes provide much information on this culture's unique cuisine as
well as specific instructions on how to prepare the food. more ...
<http://www.nvbooks.nevada.edu/t/traditional.html#more>
212 pages, line drawings, 1993
Paper, 0-87417-202-0
$21.95

Is this clearer?

Johnnae

otsisto wrote:

>I do not believe that Basque and Catalan are the same thing.
>Lyse
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>-----Original Message-----
>Try to find the paperback--
>The Original Mediterranean Cuisine: Medieval Recipes for Today
>by Barbara Santich.  There's at least some Catalan in that one.
>Write-up from Prospect Books reads:
>An exploration of cookery in the Mediterranean region before Columbus 
>returned, bringing tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkins and peppers, chillies 
>and corn in his wake. Barbara Santich wrote her doctoral thesis on 
>Catalan cooking of the late middle ages and this wonderful book gives 
>the essence of her conclusions and provides brilliant recipes to 
>recreate the savour of time and place. Devra did carry it too.
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>Hope this helps,
>Johnnae
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