Apicius
Subtitle: a critical edition with an introduction and an English translation of the Latin recipe text Apicius
By: [edited and translated by] Christopher Grocock and Sally Grainger ; with illustrations by Dan Shadrake.
Contributors: Grocock, C. W.; Grainger, Sally.
Edition: Critical ed.
Publisher: Prospect; Prospect Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Totnes [England]
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781903018132
Subjects: Cookery -- Early works to 1800; Cookery, Roman
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: A translation of the only remaining cookery book from the days of the Roman Empire, this work supplies a referenced parallel text (Latin and English) of 'Apicius' and of the excerpts from 'Apicius' done by Vinidarius. It includes an introduction discussing the art of cookery in the later Empire and the origins of this text.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-407) and index.

Translated from the Latin.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 13; label: 1
title: Apicius and Its Context
pagenum: 13; title: What is Apicius?
pagenum: 13; title: For Whom Was Apicius Intended?
pagenum: 23; title: The Apicius Text - An Overview
pagenum: 25; title: The Vinidarius Collection
pagenum: 32; title: Apicius in Its Context
pagenum: 35; label: 2
title: Cooks and Ancient Cookery Books
pagenum: 39; title: The Greek Tradition
pagenum: 39; title: Greek Culinary Writing in the Roman Period
pagenum: 44; title: Cookery Books - The Roman Tradition
pagenum: 46; title: Marcus Gavius Apicius - History and Legend
pagenum: 54; title: Greek and Roman Medical Writing
pagenum: 58; title: Veterinary Texts
pagenum: 61; title: Roman Cooks and Their Recipes
pagenum: 63; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 71; label: 3
title: Cooking Techniques in the Ancient World
pagenum: 73; label: 4
title: Roman Weights and Measures
pagenum: 83; label: 5
title: The Language of Apicius
pagenum: 86; title: The Vocabulary of Cooking Techniques
pagenum: 86; title: The Style and Grammar of Apicius
pagenum: 95; label: 6
title: Editorial Principles and Methods
pagenum: 107; label: 7
title: Description of the Manuscripts and Stemma
pagenum: 116; label: 8
title: Previous Editions and Studies
pagenum: 120; title: The Latin and English Texts of Apicius
pagenum: 125; title: The Latin and English Texts of Vinidarius
pagenum: 309; title: Appendices; label: 1
title: A Glossary to Apicius
pagenum: 329; label: 2
title: Original Sources on Apicius
pagenum: 363; label: 3
title: Named Recipes in Apicius
pagenum: 369; label: 4
title: Excursus on Garum and Liquamen
pagenum: 373; label: 5
title: Concordance of Recipes with Earlier Editions
pagenum: 389; title: Select Bibliography
pagenum: 405; title: Index
pagenum: 409