[Sca-cooks] books was ideas for christmas prezzie cookery books, please?

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Patricia Dunham <chimene at ravensgard.org> wrote:
> I'm working on my 'Christmas list' ideas for Dear Husband & Kiddo 
> to get for ME, b'day Dec4 & Xmas. I'm a little out-of-the-loop on 
> what's RECENT in medieval cookbooks at the moment. Any ideas would 
> be gratefully rec'd.  Mainly 'medieval'; Greek & Roman (Classical 
> & Britano-Roman), and early Renn. are also of interest. Anything 
> ethnic that would have influenced classic SCA-period food-ery. We've 
> gotten a lot of the Elizabethans put out by Dalby, Albala, Brears 
> et al the last few years. Just anything that  pops to mind would 
> be appreciated.

On my wish list is Naomi Duguid's new book, "Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan". It isn't SCA period, but she is a truly *excellent* cookbook writer and has spent time traveling in those places and getting to know the cultures a bit. I certainly look forward to it.


Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:
> How about Doc's book? Recipes from the Wagstaff Miscellany. Same 
> manuscript as found in An Ordinance of Pottage. It's online but 
> it's worth having a bound copy for the shelf. It's a good stocking 
> stuffer. 

> Last year we had the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. This 
> year we have the Oxford Companion to Cheese! Yes, all you Cheese 
> mavens should grab a copy! 849 pages.

Oooo, i got the Sugar and Sweets book. Now i need to look for that cheese book!

> One really fun title that just arrived here is: Make: Edible 
> Inventions Cooking hacks, and Yummy Inventions You can build, 
> mix, bake, and grow. Another stocking stuffer.

Those sound like fun...


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