[Sca-cooks] Thoughts about a neat feast
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Fri Jun 1 19:57:38 PDT 2007
> >I was thinking about doing a totally fancy feast. It would
> >be very expensive, costing diners $20 - $25 probably.
> >But it would be done in an all day, period fashion with
> >courses brought out at various times with musicians
> >and entertainment.
> >
> >The theme would be the Greek Gods with each course
> >being dedicated to a god or group of gods.
>
> This sounds like the sort of thing that, if period at all, would be
> late period--at least, that's my association. Do we have examples of
> that sort of themed feast?
I believe there are a number of late-period Italian examples described
in Roy Strong's _Feast: A History of Grand Eating_
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