A taste of ancient Rome / Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa ; translated by Anna Herklotz ; with a foreword by Mary Taylor Simeti.

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Modern Italians still refer to an elaborate dinner as "a meal worthy of Lucullus," commemorating a Roman general famous more for culinary prowess than any apparent military skill. And our images of ancient Rome usually do include one of an outrageous feast of camel and flamingoes and nightingales' t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:A cena da Lucullo. English
William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood Collection of National, Ethnic and Regional Foodways.
Main Author: Gozzini Giacosa, Ilaria
Language:English
Latin
Language of the Original:
Italian
Latin
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Series:William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood Collection of National, Ethnic and Regional Foodways.
Subjects:
Cooking, Roman.
Kookkunst.
Romeinse oudheid.
Cookery
Roman Empire
Cookbooks.
Genre:
Cookbooks.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:xii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ancient sources
  • Food sources in ancient Rome
  • The banquet and its preparation
  • Sources
  • Appetizers
  • Soups and porridges
  • Domestic meat and game
  • Fish and shellfish
  • Vegetables
  • Desserts
  • Preserves
  • Beverages
  • Menus
  • At the tavern.