Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

interesting, ease to make, great value

Cet ouvrage permet de découvrir comment un cuisinier professionnel des années '30, devenu latiniste, comprenait les recettes antiques, même si sa compétence culinaire l'amène parfois à interpréter le texte latin de façon discutable.

As a historian and foodie, this book is essential to anyone interested in how Romans lived. It's literally one of the world's first cook books, and all the recipes work. Many of the recipes from Ancient Rome would form the standard European and middle-eastern repertoire of cooking up to the modern day. Ovis Apalus, for example, is deviled eggs (albeit, the Romans liked them a little more fishy, adding shrimp and fish sauce). The sausage recipes are easily recognized in the modern day as breakfast, Italian, and Salami. There is even a recipe that will astonish those of Scotch ancestry. Apparently, Apicius has a recipe for a dish that is nearly identical to modern-day haggis! This book will amuse, amaze, and satisfy your palate and stomach, as well as your mind, with accessible, exotic, and arguably accessible cuisine. The translation and adaptation of recipes is very well done. You need not worry about making your own garum, for example, a sauce made from fermented fish guts; many asian supermarkets carry bottled fish sauce that is made in much the same way, and tastes much the same, as well (Don't worry, it tastes like anchovies). We once used this book as the basis for a Roman Style toga party and feast. Everyone loved it.

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I like that not only does this have history about the cooking, but also recipes. My husband found this in our mail. I had intended it for Christmas, but when he saw it by accident, he could not put it down. We have made some of the recipes already, and think that this was a good purchase. My husband is a Roman fanatic, and huge historian. He really enjoys this book. I hope to find more like it soon.