Blogging my way through Libro di cucina/ Libro per cuoco

Cross posted from my dreamwith journal (http://allvenicechannel.dreamwidth.org/) that will focus on my Venetian research and experiments. I've been thinking about this for a while now, especially when I've been requested to make something from this source for dinner. Since we have to eat anyway why not add a little extra fun?
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Food lectures at Renaissance Society of America conference

I thought I'd save this just for future reference
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This is me, agreeing and joining in......

From lots of peeps:

I know that 2009 was pretty horrid for a lot of people, and to be honest, 2010 has been no great shakes so far. One way we might make the rest of 2010 a bit better is to spread some love around. So if you care to reply to this post I will give you a response of something I like about you.

If you like participating in these sorts of things and want to repost this in your LJ, that would be fun, too.

Note to self- I definately want to write to this speaker

KATHERINE MCIVER, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM
Let’s Eat: Kitchens and Dining in the Renaissance Palazzo
The domestic interior in Renaissance Italy has been the subject of groundbreaking exhibitions, conference sessions, and publications in recent years. Material culture is at the forefront of research allowing us to better understand how and where people lived, what they collected and bought for their homes, and how and why they valued certain objects over others. We now have a much clearer picture of private life; but what about mundane issues like food preparation, eating, and the sociability of dining. How was the Renaissance kitchen outfitted and where did people eat? Where were the kitchens and storage rooms located in relationship to dining spaces? What can be said about dining practices in the sixteenth century? Was eating gendered? Inventories of palaces, letters, expense accounts, architectural treatises, and cooking manuals, as well as paintings and architectural plans will be used in this paper to address these issues.

Edited to add- I wrote to her, now I just hope I sounded reasonably intelligent and even if I can't make I'll be able to read her research somehow.

Edited part 2- I did a search for her on Amazon and this is what I got:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=KATHERINE+McIVER&x=20&y=24
I think I'm going to be buying one of these a month for a while, maybe I can get one of the text books for my birthday. :)