Jeff wrote: #>#I don't know about Dragaeran food, it hasn't been discussed in great #>#detail except for the simpler Tekela fair, and the bagels in Issola. Mark M (me) asked: #>Vlad talks frequently about food. He prepares meals and describes them. #>What do you call that? Jeff replied: #Vlad talks about Frenarian food, not Dragearan. I am sure there is a #differance. In fact, the only well documented Dragearan meal is the one at #Dzur Mountain during Issola. I'm sure there are difference between the meals of the rich and powerful and those of the poor and downtrodden, and at many levels in between. Vlad and Savn had some conversation bearing on that. Likewise, there's going to be a lot more seafood eaten in Adrilankha and Northport than up in the Kanefthali Mountains or in landlocked Fenario. But most of Vlad's meals that we've seen are eaten in the Empire, so geographical availability isn't a factor. What evidence do we have that a Fenarian-descended citizen of the Empire, who has a pretty fair income and (at least in the earlier books) identifies himself with Dragaera rather than with his racial group, is going to eat differently than a Dragaeran of similar standing? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website