Today's cooking extract is from an inn: "small glass of wine to accompany his meager dinner of spit-roasted kethna and toast." The Lord of Castle Black, paperback, Chapter Sixty-Fifth, page 359-360. >From the kitchen of the King of Elde: "the King retired to a more private chamber, there to consult with certain of his advisors, east a meal he had long delayed and which included immense quantities of seafood and even more immense quantities of drawn butter, as well as dried fruit (the fruit being now out of season) and a mince pie of prodigious size. Sethra Lavode, paperback, Chapter the Seventieth, page 32. >From Ibronka talking about fishmongers: "'He is required to explain that kalpa is like, well, a trout only less bony. Or like a longfish but more succulent. Or like a swordfish but not so tough. Or that it has a flavor unlike any other. Or that it is famous throughout the land, but is best from here or, well, something of the kind.'" Sethra Lavode, paperback, Chapter the Seventy-First, page 34. >From the first (and hasn?t ended yet) party at Castle Black: "Morrolan had arranged for confections from Nacine, where there were two quite respectable bakers. In addition, he had imported creepers from the Shallow Sea, squabs from the Southern Coast, beef and kethna from the surrounding peasants (prepared by chefs discovered and recommended by Teldra), and wines from as far away as Aerethia." Sethra Lavode, paperback, Chapter the Seventy-Fourth, page 65.