Flavours of Byzantium - Hardcover
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.
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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 Boo
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- PublisherProspect Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1903018145
- ISBN 13 9781903018149
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Devon [U.K.]: Prospect Books, 2003. Very Good condition in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Faint shadow on the front free endpaper where something small, perhaps a previous owner's label, has been neatly removed (no loss). Rough spots (glue residue sanded off?) on the endpapers, entirely hidden by the jacket's inner flaps. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original lavender boards, stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "Here are laid out the food habits of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, which for centuries has tempted and fascinated the West, yet little has been written in English on the subject. This is a pioneering study There is also an authoritative glossary of Greek food words and phrases, a foundation on which future scholars will come to rely. Andrew Dalby is a classical scholar, food historian and student of languages.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 268pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 024582
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