[Sca-cooks] Funeral foods ...

[Susan Fox]

> Death Warmed Over: Funeral food, rituals, & customs from around the world -
> $19.95
> Rogak, Lisa. After a brief introduction on the history of food & funerals,
> the bulk of the book is arranged alphabetically by country or ethnic group.
> For each, there is a page describing funeral customs, facing a traditional
> recipe frequently served at or associated with funerals or mourning periods.
> Frivolous but amusing. Tr pb, 160 pp, index, biblio. Ten Speed Press
> 
> Doesn't indicate time period, so its usefulness for period use would be a
> crap shoot if one couldn't look at before buying.  The "frivolous but
> amusing" note scares me.
> 
> Mairi Ceilidh

That title!  BWAHAHAHA!

Here is the publisher's web page about this book:
http://www.tenspeedpress.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=1652

It looks more "general" than "academic" but worth a read.

Selene