In <i>Food in the Ancient World</i>, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.<br><p><br> <br><li>Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD.<br><br><li>Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order. <br><br><li>Concerns people from all walks of life – impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites.<br><br><li>Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes.<br><br><li>Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius. </li>