FOOD IN THE ANCIENT WORLD by John M. Wilkins, Shaun Hill ( 9780631235514 )

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Title:

FOOD IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

By:

John M. Wilkins, Shaun Hill

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0631235515

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9780631235514

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

13 December, 2005

Series:

Ancient Cultures

Pages:

320

Description:

In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. * Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c. 750 BC to 200 AD. * Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order.

Synopsis:

In "Food in the Ancient World", a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. This book explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD; shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order; concerns people from all walks of life - impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites; describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes; and, considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.

Illustrations:

31 illustrations

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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

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