The Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables Ofiitaly

I saw this book in our library and just was entranced. The 16th century paintings are so beautiful, but what really shines is Castelvetro's charming enthusiasm and personality and love of food. Kudos to the translator Gillian Riley for bringing this out. Great for reinactors and SCA, as well as anyone who loves simple, delicious natural food. It is not so much a recipe book as an exhortation to eat more fruits and veggies and to treat your food right. Incredibly entertaining for a lecture. I would have named Castelvetro if anyone asked me the famous "who would you go to dinner with living or dead" question.

Dear Mr. RileyThe book translation has a mistake that I would like to correct. Fig: The word "Fioroni" translate litteraly in english means large flowers. But in this case, in italian "Fioroni" are called the fruits of the first figs crop. Not the flower. Castelvetro was correct, the translation was not. Sincerely Giulio Santillo