LATIN II

Assignment:

Here are some Internet links for your research:

A Taste of the Ancient World - a joint project of the University of Michigan students in classical civilization and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Food/text/Food.html

Antique Roman Dishes
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html

The Assemblage Roman Cookery page
http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/2/2cooks.html#roman

Roman Recipes - A list of recipes supposedly only for the upper class Romans (not likely, but a good source)
http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/arl_roman_recipes_upper_classes.htm

Real Roman Recipes - from the Nova series "Secrets of Lost Empires"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/recipes.html

The Roman Way from the BBC - recipes from Marcus Gavius Apicius(1st century A.D.) and an explanation of some of the ingredients.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/romanway_recipes.shtml

Actual Latin text of Apicius’ cookbook
http://users.ipa.net/~tanker/apicius.htm

Explanation of Ancient Herbs and Ingredients - Very interesting and worth a read.
http://www.housedragonor.org/A&S/herbs-gwen.html

A VERY interesting poem by Virgil - which explains the labor involved in making bread and othe foods.
http://virgil.org/appendix/moretum.htm

Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/vasard/uk1.html

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/roman.html - This site explains some of the more obscure ingredients
http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/roman.html

Roman Food - Some more interesting recipes from various authors. Describes food for offerings, recipes, and foods for the gods.
http://www.religioromana.net/romanrecipes.htm

Around the Roman Table - presents 8 recipes from the book by Patrick Faas.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/233472.html