[Sca-cooks] _A Medieval Feast_ by Aliki

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

Ok, I now have in my little hot hands a paperback copy of 
<b><i>A Medieval Feast</I> written and illustrated by Aliki</B> 
(HarperTrophy, pb $6.99). This is a book aimed at ages 7 to 11, unpaged, 
illustrated in color drawings. These are somewhat medieval in style and 
conciously imitative of the familiar illuminations we cooks pore over; 
but the illustrations are  modern children's-book rather than 
illumination in style.
The information provided about the preparations for the feast, the 
cooking and the food, and the day to day life are in fact completely 
right. Details in the 'frames' around some of the illustrations show 
very nice images of the animals and foods to be served. I especially 
treasure the looks on the faces of King, Queen and Bishop when presented 
with one more subtlety (it's clear they are VERY full already...)
This book is great. I want to do a demo based around it, with Redon's 
<I>The Medieval Feast</I> and maybe a copy of the book of images from 
the Lutterel psalter as backup. 

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-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net 
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