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Author Faas, Patrick.

Title Around the Roman table / Patrick Faas ; translated from the Dutch by Shaun Whiteside ; edited by the author.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  641.5937 FAA    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  641.5937 FAAS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  641.5937 FAAS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  641.5937 F26    Check Shelf
Description 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "First published in Dutch in 1994 by DOMUS Information Publishers"--T.p. verso.
"With more than 150 original recipes."
Summary "Food and feasting in Ancient Rome. Contains over 150 ancient Roman recipes reconstructed for the modern cook"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-356) and index.
Contents Part one. Culinary history: The age of kings (753 BC to 509 BC) ; The Republic (509 BC to 7 BC) ; The empire (7 BC to AD 476) -- The meal: Table manners and etiquette ; The courses ; The menu ; The carousal -- Wine and other drinks: Wine ; The orgy ; Wine production ; Other drinks -- The cook and his condiments: The cook ; Cooking ; Medicinal theory ; Flavours-sour ; Flavours-salt ; Flavours-sweet ; Flavours-bitter ; Herbs ; Spices ; Other ingredients -- Part two. From the land: Cereals ; Pulses ; Vegetables ; Fruit and nuts -- From the fire: Eating meat ; Sacrifice ; Meat distribution ; Animal suffering ; Pork ; The sacred bull ; Sheep and goats ; Dogs ; Game -- From the air: The farmyard ; Wild birds -- From the water -- Appendix: Weights and measures ; Money ; Prices.
Subject Cooking, Roman.
Cooking, Roman -- History.
Food habits -- Rome -- History.
Food -- History.
Added Title Rond de tafel der Romeinen. English
ISBN 0312239580: $29.95
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