Food in the Ancient World
Ancient Cultures
1. Auflage Dezember 2005
320 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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.
Preface.
Timeline.
Map of the Mediterranean.
Introduction.
1. An Overview of Food in Antiquity.
Introduction.
2. The Social Context of Eating.
Introduction.
3. Food and Ancient Religion.
Introduction.
4. Staple Foods: Cereals and Pulses.
Introduction.
5. Meat and Fish.
Introduction.
6. Wine and Drinking.
Introduction.
7. Food in Ancient Thought.
Introduction.
8. Medial Approaches to Food.
Introduction.
9. Food in Literature.
Recipes.
Bibliography.
Index.
The Guardian
"This learned and often amusing work will help to establish the
importance of this field of study [food history]. Covering the
period of antiquity from 750 BC to AD 200, it is a fruitful joint
effort between a classicist, Wilkins, and Hill, a distinguished
chef... By contrasting the ancient world with our own, this book
shows how little human nature has changed in three millennia."
BBC History Magazine
"A delight in every sense -- learned, but written with a real
delight in its subject matter, packed with beguiling information
and drawing cunning parallels between the ancient and modern food
worlds." Matthew Fort, Food & Drink Editor, The
Guardian
"A clear and comprehensive introduction that will be
useful both for teachers and for anyone wishing for an overview of
a complex, but absolutely central, aspect of Greek and Roman life.
This book will certainly whet the reader's appetite to learn
still more." Susan Alcock, Brown University
"A delicious feast of a book... Unlike many other books of its
type, Food in the Ancient World has been written with the
combined talents of a respected classicist and a world-class chef
to cover a millenium of food consumption from c.750 BC to 200AD...
a valuable addition to any writer's reference collection." The
New Writer
"Outstanding Title... The authors incorporate an
impressive range of ancient sources, modern classical scholarship,
and studies in the history of food... Highly
recommended"
Choice
University of Exeter. He is the author of Euripides:
Heraclidae (1993) and The Boastful Chef: The Discourse of
Food in Ancient Greek Comedy (2000) and has edited several
books on Greek literature and food in the ancient world.
Shaun Hill is Honorary Research Fellow at the University
of Exeter. He is chef and former owner of the Michelin-starred
Merchant House and works as an independent food writer. His books
include Cooking at the Merchant House (2000), How to Cook
Better (2004), and Cook (with others, 2005).
John Wilkins and Shaun Hill have co-written several books and
articles including Archestratus: The Life of Luxury
(1994)
