[Sca-cooks] Albala's The lost art of real cooking

[Donna Green]

I went to a reading of this at our local cookbook store http://www.omnivorebooks.com/
As usual Ken was very entertaining. He is a culinary historian of some note, a history professor at UOP and has written several marvelous books. 
http://www.kenalbala.blogspot.com/
Prior to the reading I was not familiar with Rosanna Nafziger, but she works at one of the local temples of foody goodness (Bi-Rite ... http://www.biritemarket.com/) and has an interesting blog http://www.paprikahead.com/
I too recommend "The Lost Art of Real Cooking".

Juana Isabella


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> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:49:03 -0400
> From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
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> I was reading Ken Albala's new book last night and came
> across this passage in the cataloguing information 
> under Notes.
> There it reads:
> "An introduction to the antiquated kitchen, or cookery made
> difficult and inconvenient being foremost a pleasant 
> discourse on the nature and execution of arcane and 
> dangerous culinary practices especially designed for 
> patient, discerning individuals who appreciate superior  
> homemade food and those who will not balk at devoting many
> laborious hours to the kitchen."
> The book is The lost art of real cooking : rediscovering
> the pleasures of traditional food, one recipe at a time.
> It's co-written with Rosanna Nafziger. It's certainly
> worth a look and it does talk about medieval pork pies
> and other activities that might interest readers of  
> this list.
> 
> Johnnae