“ARE YOU EATING ALL THIS, MISTER MARCUS?” TOWARDS A STUDY OF ANCIENT SICILIAN FOOD PRODUCTS AND DIET
“ARE YOU EATING ALL THIS, MISTER MARCUS?” TOWARDS A STUDY OF ANCIENT SICILIAN FOOD PRODUCTS AND DIET

Author(s): Roksana Chowaniec
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: ancient diet; Sicily; Mithaecus; Archestratus; cooking-books
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the history of Sicilian cuisine in antiquity based on written sources and modern scholarship. Ancient Sicily, owing to its central position in the Mediterranean world and abundance of fertile lands, provides a perfect opportunity to study ancient culinary preferences. Research in the ancient town of Akrai, located in south-eastern Sicily serves as an archaeological example.

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