[Sca-cooks] Jenkins and Forthcoming Books

[Sandra J. Kisner]

Sounds like his definition of "authentic" and ours don't overlap a whole lot.  Though if the original is included (I assume in translation) you would at least be able to see where things differed.  It might even be a selling point for his target audience: "see how hard it was originally, and those weird ingredients - but I've made it easy and tasty for you, and it's close enough!"

Sandra

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Each recipe, some older than 800 years old, is redesigned for modern chefs and kitchens ... this collection of authentic recipes and cooking techniques.
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If he thinks Maggie Black's volume is the cookery of the ancient world and the best book on medieval cookery around, that might not speak well of his research or collection.