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Apicius; a critical edition with an introduction and an English translation of the Latin recipe text Apicius.


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Apicius For people named Apicius see Apicius (disambiguation)

Apicius is the title of a collection of Roman cookery recipes, usually thought to have been compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD and written in a language that is in many ways closer to Vulgar
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Grocock, Christopher and Sally Grainger.

Prospect Books

2006

414 pages

$80.00

Hardcover

TX725

In this new edition and translation of Apicius, a collection of recipes from early Rome, Grocock and Grainger have thoroughly reassessed the text in light of previous editions and interpretations. The recipes have been tested, as much as possible, to ensure that the material makes culinary cu·li·nar·y  
adj.
Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.



[Latin culn
 as well as linguistic sense. Grocock and Grainger argue in their introduction that the text is not the product of a particular gourmet but a collection of recipes transmitted among professional cooks. Their commentary investigates the world of Roman cookery and its literature. Latin and English are printed in parallel throughout the text and in the supplementary source, The Extracts of Apicius by Vinidarius. The text includes a detailed glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. . Distributed in the US by The David Brown David Brown may refer to any of the following people:
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