Food in the Ancient World

by Shaun Hill and John Wilkins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631235515
• ISBN13: 9780631235514
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"