[Sca-cooks] Ken Abala - Renaissance Banquets

[Susan Lord]

Many thanks. Its such a pleasure to see people who speak my blog’s language - www.medievalspanishchef 
> Elsie Fleming wrote:
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> There is a one-hour lecture available online, "Playing the Scalco: 
> Serving Meals Directly from Renaissance Banquet Literature". It was 
> originally given at the Getty Center (CA) in January 2016. Here's the 
> description: "Ken Albala, professor of history at the University of the 
> Pacific and author of over 20 books on food, discusses the large body of 
> cookbooks, banquet guides, and carving manuals of early modern Europe, 
> while sharing his personal experience of organizing and serving meals 
> from them. These books were clearly meant to be used by culinary 
> professionals, but how good was their advice?" URL is 
> http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/art_of_food/index.html#albala 
> I have not yet seen this video but thought it might be of interest to 
> you all. Alys Katharine
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> Elise Fleming
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