Cookery and dining in imperial Rome : a bibliography, critical review, and translation of the ancient book known as Apicius de re coquinaria : now for the first time rendered into English / by Joseph Dommers Vehling, with a dictionary of technical terms, many notes, facsimiles of originals, and views and sketches of ancient culinary objects made by the author ; introd. by Frederick Starr.

The oldest known cookbook. It was originally written for professional cooks in ancient Rome and uses many ingredients and methods which are familiar and others which have disappeared.