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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圖書標籤: Classics 食物 考古 曆史
Many interesting points, especially on religious matters, but due to the length of the book, some are not very elaborated; but somehow there are quite a few overlaps in different chapters (same story from Galen told 4 times!); topographical errors and the lack of an index locorum regrettable.
評分Many interesting points, especially on religious matters, but due to the length of the book, some are not very elaborated; but somehow there are quite a few overlaps in different chapters (same story from Galen told 4 times!); topographical errors and the lack of an index locorum regrettable.
評分Many interesting points, especially on religious matters, but due to the length of the book, some are not very elaborated; but somehow there are quite a few overlaps in different chapters (same story from Galen told 4 times!); topographical errors and the lack of an index locorum regrettable.
評分Many interesting points, especially on religious matters, but due to the length of the book, some are not very elaborated; but somehow there are quite a few overlaps in different chapters (same story from Galen told 4 times!); topographical errors and the lack of an index locorum regrettable.
評分Many interesting points, especially on religious matters, but due to the length of the book, some are not very elaborated; but somehow there are quite a few overlaps in different chapters (same story from Galen told 4 times!); topographical errors and the lack of an index locorum regrettable.
Food in the Ancient World 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載