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Food in the Ancient World
ISBN-13:
9781405154703
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
320
Autor:
John Wilkins
Serie:
Ancient Cultures
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and apractising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating anddrinking.* Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200AD.* Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linkedwith morality and the social order.* Concerns people from all walks of life - impoverishedcitizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites.* Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties anddrinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes.* Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer toJuvenal and Petronius.
John Wilkins is responsible for the chapters and Shaun Hillfor the Introductions and recipesFigures viiPreface ixTimeline xiiMap of the Mediterranean xivIntroduction 11 An Overview of Food in Antiquity 4Introduction 392 The Social Context of Eating 41Introduction 793 Food and Ancient Religion 81Introduction 1104 Staple Foods: Cereals and Pulses 112Introduction 1405 Meat and Fish 142Introduction 1646 Wine and Drinking 166Introduction 1857 Food in Ancient Thought 187Introduction 2118 Medical Approaches to Food 213Introduction 2459 Food in Literature 247Recipes 277Bibliography 281Index 290
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