Food in the Ancient World by Wilkins, John

Food in the Ancient World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780631235507)

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Food in the Ancient World by Wilkins, John

Food in the Ancient World

$124.95
Food in the Ancient World by Wilkins, John

Food in the Ancient World

$124.95
Format: Hardcover
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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 dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes.

  • Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.


Author: John Wilkins, Shaun Hill
ISBN-10: 0631235507
ISBN-13: 9780631235507
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2006
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2006 pg. 352
By John Wilkins
By John Wilkins
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John M. Wilkins is Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Exeter. He is the author of Euripides: Heraclidae (1993) and The Boastful Chef: The Discourse of Food in Ancient Greek Comedy (2000) and has edited several books on Greek literature and food in the ancient world.


Shaun Hill is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. He is chef and former owner of the Michelin-starred Merchant House and works as an independent food writer. His books include Cooking at the Merchant House (2000), How to Cook Better (2004), and Cook (with others, 2005).


John Wilkins and Shaun Hill have co-written several books and articles including Archestratus: The Life of Luxury (1994)

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