[Sca-cooks] reading at my house

[Sue Clemenger]

I'm kinda/sorta making my way through a survey text on women in early modern
England, and I *just* got a nifty book in the mail tonight from Brigit
(costuming text, woo-hoo!).
Mostly, though, I've been working on holiday gifts for friends and family,
which means not so much computer time.  Although I have been drooling over
people's T-day descriptions.  Mine was okay, but pretty pedestrian....
I don't have much in the way of food or cooking related items on this year's
wish list.  I'm hoping for a new vegetable peeler--loved the IKEA one that I
had, but it died.  A new knife would be nice, too.  Period cookbooks, always
;o)...especially since I don't actually have that many.  I want to get a
head-start in planning what I'm going to do for Lent next year.
Food related note: I did learn how to make a truly ugly "only its mother
would love it" garlic basket in a baronial arts workshop tonight.
--Maire

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnna Holloway" <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:20 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] reading at my house


> Gee, the list is dead.
> I should mention that one thing I have been busy
> with this week is reading a new cookbook. The husband came home
> Monday night and dropped  The Ni'matnama Manuscript of the Sultans of
Mandu
> by Norah M. Titley into my lap. He reviewed something for CRC
> and they sent him two books for free. So he picked up this
>  one for me. Never one to pass up "A late fifteenth-century book of
recipes
> written for the Sultan of Mandu, the Ni'matnama" especially if it's free.
>
> Lots on oranges in it and sweets. It's a nice early holiday present.
>
> So what are other people reading? Wish lists anyone?
>
> Johnnae