John Wilkins & Shaun Hill 
Food in the Ancient World [PDF ebook] 

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.

Cuprins

John Wilkins is responsible for the chapters and Shaun Hill

for the Introductions and recipes

Figures vii

Preface ix

Timeline xii

Map of the Mediterranean xiv

Introduction 1

1 An Overview of Food in Antiquity 4

Introduction 39

2 The Social Context of Eating 41

Introduction 79

3 Food and Ancient Religion 81

Introduction 110

4 Staple Foods: Cereals and Pulses 112

Introduction 140

5 Meat and Fish 142

Introduction 164

6 Wine and Drinking 166

Introduction 185

7 Food in Ancient Thought 187

Introduction 211

8 Medical Approaches to Food 213

Introduction 245

9 Food in Literature 247

Recipes 277
Bibliography 281
Index 290

Despre autor

John M. Wilkins is Professor of Greek Culture at the
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)