Flavours of Byzantium
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...
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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 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface7An Introduction to Byzantium11Tastes and Smells of the City33Foods and Markets of Constantinople57Water and Wine, Monks and Travellers83Rulers of the World105The Texts: The Eight Flavours129The Texts: Categories of Food132The Texts: Humoral and Dietary Qualities of Foods147The Texts: A Dietary Calender161Instructions and Recipes171A Phrase-Book of Byzantine Foods and Aromas183Bibliography239Index257
