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Apicius, Marcus Gabius
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Apicius, Marcus Gabius (əpĭsh`əs), 1st cent., Roman gourmet. He squandered most of his large fortune on feasts and then, anticipating a need to economize, committed suicide. The cookbook called Apicius probably dates from a century later.
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Roman epicure Marcus Gavius Apicius describes preparing it "with a mixture of cumin and coriander seeds, chopped onion plus a few drops of oil and sun-made wine".
Ingredient Of The Week by Birmingham Mail (England)
95 Paperback TX714 Apicius is the only surviving cookery book from the Roman Empire.
Cooking Apicius; Roman recipes for today by Reference & Research Book News
Stuffed dormouse is stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings, all pounded with pepper, nuts, laser [a spice], and broth," wrote Apicius, the Gordon Ramsay of imperial Rome.
Of dormice and men by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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