Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
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"Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius" is a collection of Roman recipes possibly compiled in the fifth century AD. This ancient cookbook, written in a mix of Classical and Vulgar Latin, offers a fascinating window into the culinary world of wealthy Romans around the Mediterranean. Organized into ten books with Greek titles, it covers everything from meat and vegetables to seafood and exotic delicacies like flamingo. The recipes reveal sophisticated
cooking techniques and ingredient combinations that shaped dining in the ancient world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Apicius |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933 |
| Translator | Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950 |
| Uniform Title | De re coquinaria. English |
| Title | Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apicius |
| Credits |
Produced by David Starner, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Cooking, Roman -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Cookbooks |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 29728 |
| Release Date | Aug 19, 2009 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6850 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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