[Sca-cooks] Fwd: … Archetypal Cookery

[Cindy Renfrow]

Hi guys. Thought you might be interested in this. If you go to their 
website, they also have a high-definition facsimile copy of Martino's 
Libro de arte coquinaria for scholarly research on disc for $250 -- 
such a bargain!

Cindy

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>  Octavo is pleased to announce two new releases in its acclaimed 
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> famed Hagia Sophia, and Libro de Arte Coquinaria by Maestro Martino 
> (ca. 1465), a rare cookery manuscript from the Italian Renaissance.
>
> <snip>
>  Maestro Martino's Libro de arte coquinaria is undoubtedly one of the 
> most important surviving cookery books of the Renaissance. His recipes 
> presage modern practices in many respects, and his cuisine had an 
> enduring influence on European cooking. The Octavo Edition of this 
> manuscript from the Library of Congress includes a commentary and 
> English translation by Gillian Riley, a foreword by Alice Waters of 
> Chez Panisse, and essays by Bruno Laurioux and Paul Shaw. Available on 
> CD-ROM (ISBN 1-891788-83-3). US$40.
> http://www.octavo.com/editions/mrtlac/
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