The most popular book by the Italian philosopher Platina (1421-81), in facing pages of Latin and English, is introduced with a 45-page biography, a 45-page acco
In 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives that contains "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which o
Sicilians love seafood and seasonal produce. Sicilian Seafood is an intriguing compendium of 120 unusual traditional recipes for seafood and its accompaniments-