WCCS X
So yeah, don’t try to pronounce that. Stands for West Coast Culinary Symposium Ten, and that’s where I was this weekend, fighting against this mighty cold, and having a great time anyway.
Womderful friends, food, learning, and teaching. A whole medieval event dedicated to the idea that medieval food is delicious, we should learn about it, and if you happen to already know something, you should teach it. I taught one class, took several others.
Set at lovely Camp Bothin this year (I was in charge of the one here three years ago). It was chilly at night (but not too cold), greenery everywhere, and you can hear the chuckling sound of the Hirschwassser burbling alongside the site (if you were there 9 years ago, you get the joke. Sorry, Hirsch).
Here are my class notes, from the class I taught on an introduction on the Transylvanian Cookbook (The Science of Cooking). More on that in many, many future posts.
Time to grab some more cough drops and do laundry. Real life will be here tomorrow.