[Sca-cooks] HELP? What makes a good book on Gastronomy?

[emilio szabo]

> I am working, very very slowly, on a 
> modest monograph about premodern Japanese gastronomy.

What is "premodern" in terms of Japanese culture, society, gastronomy?


What makes a good book on gastronomy? Good question.

Hm.

You must know _all_ the sources and mention the relevant ones.

I appreciate authors who introduce their sources.

You must show how cooking, food, eating, drinking are related to a way of life.

You must write in a good and lively manner (I guess Adamantius could write a good book on gastronomy)

Nowadays, you also need pictures.

Combine global visions and sufficient detail.

You are not supposed to make false statements, unless you have good reasons to do so.

Declare to the reader if your book is a scientific book or a more popular book. (Or which sections are written for which kind of interest.)

I fear, these are not points you didn't already know (some of them may be far from the mark)

ARE there good books on gastronmy?

E.

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