[Sca-cooks] Book review?

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Thu Jan 5 13:44:19 PST 2012


One would think so, but that's the problem. He didn't know what he was  
referencing or why!!! If he meant Scappi, he should have said Scappi!

Johnnae
On Jan 5, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Terry Decker wrote:

> I don't remember a menu in Campi's The Cook.  And if there was, it  
> certainly wasn't legible.
>
> I assume that Dewitt is referencing the lean day menu of 27 January  
> 1567 celebrating Pius V's second coronation, which is included in  
> the Opera.
>
> Bear
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> So we are are left with weird statements like on page 93 where it  
> says:
> "And what dishes did Scappi serve Pope Pius V at the feast in 1567?
> The menu appears in La cucina by Vincenzo Campi."
>
> Johnnae



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