KG wrote: > In a message dated 4/12/2004 12:57:33 PM Eastern Daylight > Time, mam at theworld.com writes: > > > 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? > > Vlad says at one point that Dragaerans will happily admit that they > can't cook. (And Valabar's high esteem supports this.) Any > evidence for or against the Valabar family being Fenarian? > Book search http://dragaera.info/booksearch/ on Valabar led me to find this (actually searched on Eastern secret to get more context): 27.0% in chapter issola05.html . the same effect with dry ice," I told Teldra. "What's dry ice, Vlad?" "It is an Eastern secret for keeping things cold. I learned of it from Valabar's." "Witchcraft?" "I guess so." She nodded. ". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- C Copyright 2003 Steven Brust Inconclusive, but amusing nonetheless. Casey