Andrew Dalby is een Engelse auteur wiens werk zich richt op de geschiedenis van voedsel. Zijn benadering van het onderwerp is diep geworteld in linguïstiek en historisch onderzoek. Dalby onderzoekt hoe culturele en taalkundige contexten onze eetgewoonten en gerechten hebben gevormd. Zijn schrijven biedt lezers een boeiend perspectief op hoe voedsel de menselijke beschaving heeft gemodelleerd.
This illustrated cookbook offers a unique insight into what people were eating in Shakespeare's time, featuring 50 original menus and recipes from 16th and 17th century cookbooks, alongside food-related quotes from Shakespeare's canon.
The daily life of classical Greece and Rome, although separated from us by 2000 years, can be recreated in almost photographic detail. The Classical Cookbook is the first book of its kind, exploring the daily culture of the Mediterranean through the center of its social life--food and drink.Combining narrative texts and recipes, authors Dalby and Grainger draw on a mass of fascinating resources to describe household life for different social groups and occasions. Each chapter provides a historical outline, with translations of the original recipes followed by versions for the moderncook. The book is illustrated throughout with delightful scenes of food, hunters, and revelers from wall paintings, mosaics, and Greek vases. And the array of delicacies, from Sweet Wine Scones to Chicken Stuffed with Olives to Honey Nut Cake, is sure to tempt any connoisseur.