Cool Book! Medieval Feast by Aliki
Feb. 10th, 2005 07:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnyjadwigaOk, I now have in my little hot hands a paperback copy of
A Medieval Feast written and illustrated by Aliki (HarperTrophy, pb $6.99). This is a book aimed at ages 7 to 11, unpaged, illustrated in color drawings. These are somewhat medieval in style and conciously imitative of the familiar illuminations we cooks pore over; but the illustrations are modern children's-book rather than illumination in style.
The information provided about the preparations for the feast, the cooking and the food, and the day to day life are in fact completely right. Details in the 'frames' around some of the illustrations show very nice images of the animals and foods to be served. I especially treasure the looks on the faces of King, Queen and Bishop when presented with one more subtlety (it's clear they are VERY full already...)
This book is great. I want to do a demo based around it, with Redon's The Medieval Feast and maybe a copy of the book of images from the Lutterel psalter as backup.
A Medieval Feast written and illustrated by Aliki (HarperTrophy, pb $6.99). This is a book aimed at ages 7 to 11, unpaged, illustrated in color drawings. These are somewhat medieval in style and conciously imitative of the familiar illuminations we cooks pore over; but the illustrations are modern children's-book rather than illumination in style.
The information provided about the preparations for the feast, the cooking and the food, and the day to day life are in fact completely right. Details in the 'frames' around some of the illustrations show very nice images of the animals and foods to be served. I especially treasure the looks on the faces of King, Queen and Bishop when presented with one more subtlety (it's clear they are VERY full already...)
This book is great. I want to do a demo based around it, with Redon's The Medieval Feast and maybe a copy of the book of images from the Lutterel psalter as backup.
