--- Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net> wrote: > 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. Somewhere that's not in booksearch, probably _Taltos_, Vlad explains what Valabar's is--the chef is always called "Mr. Valabar", and no matter how much persecution of Easterners there is, the Empire never lets Valabar's be messed with. I think this is in the description of Vlad's double date with Kragar. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html