http://www.williamrubel.com Blog and website for William Rubel, author and cook specializing in traditional cuisines Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:48:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The seaman's guide: shewing how to live comfortably at Sea was published in 1797. I downloaded the PDF for the book on December 18, 2009. But the PDF is no longer available for download. Why has Google Books removed a public domain text from the Google Books project? When ... http://www.williamrubel.com/google-books-takes-down-pdf I have, once again, tried to print from a PDF dowloaded from Google Books of a pubic domain book -- a cookbook by Eliza Leslie, Miss Leslie's lady's new receipt-book. This book was published in 1850 - is thus in the public domain by any and all definitions of the ... http://www.williamrubel.com/google-book-pdf-prints-blank-pages I am doing research into 19th century American cornbread. I am looking for a copy of Elihu Burritt's An Olive Leaf, from, the House- wives of America, to the Housewives of Great Britain and Ireland, or Recipes for making Various Articles of Food, of Indian Corn Meal. The date should ... http://www.williamrubel.com/elihu-burrit-book-wanted [caption id="attachment_598" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Buds from one of the many cut-and-come-again chicroy varieties. "][/caption] The chicory family includes a large number of wonder edible greens. Chicories are most prized in Italy. If you visit Italy be sure to look at he seed selection in plant stores. It is legal to carry ... http://www.williamrubel.com/eatingchicory-buds Sanana is the adopted name of a street musician who lived in Maralal, Kenya. This is one of the several recordings I have made over three visits to Maralal, two in the late 1990s and one in 2002. Sanana plays a guitar but, as you will hear, he strums ... http://www.williamrubel.com/sanana Dutch Ovens are hugely useful around the hearth. You want the cast iron oven with short legs. It is sometimes sold as a "camp oven." Cast iron cookware holds heat nicely, and is a pleasure to work with in the kitchen, and around the hearth. Dutch ovens with legs are ... http://www.williamrubel.com/dutch-ovens-and-cast-iron-cookware-2 This is the Swedish web site that coordinates several groups of mycologists who specialize in mycorrhizal mushrooms -- mushrooms that grow in association with the roots of shrubs and trees. This group of mushrooms includes many of the most prized edibles including porcini (Boletus Edulis), chanterelles, and the edible truffles. http://www.williamrubel.com/mycorrhizal-mushroom-research-group For all practical purposes, Terfezia is unknown in North American and most of Europe. Tefez is a truffle that grows in arid regions surrounding the Mediterranean. This company supplies Terfez from North Africa, where it grows in abundance. Terfez is the truffle used in the cooking of ancient Rome. http://www.williamrubel.com/terfez-supplier Growing mushrooms in ones garden is the opposite of collecting them wild in field and forest. If there is the farmer in you, then explore the Fungi Perfecti web site. Fungi Perfecti is the name of the business run by Paul Stamets, world authority on growing mushrooms. You can buy ... http://www.williamrubel.com/grow-your-own-mushrooms An Italian clock-work spit! This is a beautiful web site. It is in both English and Italian. The spit is based on an early 19th century model. I have been told that the Le Capucin (see below) in more robustly constructed, but I have not seen this spit myself. This ... http://www.williamrubel.com/fuf-girrarosti