"D.Currie" wrote:

> "Meryl" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >I would like to make a recipe for Osso Bucco which is "authentic". I've
> > looked through a lot of cookbooks and I saw at least three cooking
> > styles: > Meryl
>
> As far as "authentic" goes, if a chef invented it for a restaurant or
> whatever, you can say that his recipe is the original, authentic dish. No
> doubt, there's only one original way to go.

(clipped comments)
I remember seeing a food history show recently. We all think of tomatoes as a
basis for "authentic" Italian cooking, but the tomato didn't make it across the
big pond until after Colombus. Course it's been over 400 years ...
Edrena