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The World of Parsi Cooking: Interview with Niloufer Mavalvala
In this exclusive interview, Niloufer Mavalvala, author of The Art of Parsi Cooking: Reviving an Ancient Cuisine, speaks to James Blake Wiener of Ancient History Encyclopedia (AHE) once again about the joys of Parsi cuisine and her new title...
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Marcus Gavius Apicius
Marcus Gavius Apicius, a wealthy and educated member of the Roman elite who lived during the reign of Emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE), is famous for his love of food and a cookbook titled De Re Coquinaria (The Art of Cooking). He was a model...
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Cooking Brazier (Eschara)
A shallow rectangular cooking brazier (eschara) in terracotta, including cover. 6th-4th century BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)
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Cooking Hearth With Cover
A shallow terracotta cooking hearth with bell-shaped cover. 6th-4th centuries BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)
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Roman Bronze Cooking Pot
A Roman bronze cooking pot, 1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)
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The World of Parsi Cooking by Niloufer Mavalvala
Front cover of Niloufer Mavalvala's new book The World of Parsi Cooking
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De Re Coquinaria ('The Art of Cooking')
1541 CE manuscript of Apicius' De Re Coquinaria - a Roman cookbook - here named De Re Culinaria.
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A Pompeii Bakery
A view of the millstones and oven of a bakery (Pistrinium) in the Roman town of Pompeii which was buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. The millstones have square sockets in which wooden beams would have been...
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The Bakery of Popidius Priscus in Pompeii
Bread in Pompeii was produced daily in local bakeries. The Bakery (pistrinum) of Popidius Priscus contains four large millstones made from porous lava, traces of a stable, four storage rooms and a large oven which was used for baking the...
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Eschara (Greek Brazier)
A shallow brazier (eschara) in terracotta with metal spits. 6th-4th century BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)