Food in the Ancient World Contributor(s): Wilkins, John (Author), Hill, Shaun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631235507 ISBN-13: 9780631235507 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $123.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: 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. * 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. * Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
Dewey: 394.120 |
LCCN: 2005013069 |
Series: Ancient Cultures |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (1.30 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Publisher Description: In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.
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