Greek Cooking, Middle Eastern Cooking, Food - Sociocultural Aspects, Cooking & Food History, European Cooking - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This is a study of the food that was eaten at the court of the Eastern Roman Empire at Constantinople in the Middle Ages. For centuries it has tempted and fascinated the West, yet very little has been written in English about the foods they ate or the recipes they cooked from. Dalby gives an entertaining account of the dining customs of the Emperors as witnessed by the Greeks and by foreign visitors. He tells of the medical theories that underlay their diet; of their opinions of the raw materials available; and stretches in a calendar of the seasons and how they affected the food on the table. This is underpinned by new translations from the Greek of important medieval treatises on diet, flavors, raw materials and cookery. Andrew Dalby is a classical scholar, food historian and student of languages.Synopsis
A classical scholar, food historian, and student of languages, Dalby explores the food of the Byzantine Empire. He laments the lack of any recipe book or encyclopedia of social history to draw on, but translates four short Greek texts on aspects of diet, and scrounges up what other sources he can to provide readers a full table. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
August 1, 2003
Publisher
Prospect Books
Pages
268
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781903018149