[Sca-cooks] The Philosopher's Kitchen

[Johnna Holloway]

I reviewed her Shakespeare one for TI and Serve It forth.
If this one is anything like that one, pass it by.

Johnnae

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> Christianna wrote:
>
>> I was just asked about this book and wondered if anyone had an
>> opinion to share about it?  I find that it is written by Francine 
>> Seagan, and
>> that she is evidently quite a public speaker - in fact one of her 
>> lectures in
>> NYC was posted here not too long ago.
>
>
> I confess i have not read the book.  When i actually heard what she 
> was doing i was disappointed.
>
> They were, at the very best, very modern adaptations, "inspired by". 
> They were not recreations or reconstructions of the original early 
> recipes.
>
> So, if someone wants historical food, this isn't it, but if someone 
> wants modern recipes inspired by the past, this may be fine.