Ebook: Tastes of Byzantium: the cuisine of a legendary empire

For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire - centred on Constantinople - have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Andrew Dalby's "Tastes of Byzantium" now reveals in astonishing detail, for the first time, what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire - and how it was cooked. Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood and simple local food of the Aegean and Greek world, the cuisine of the Byzantines was unique and a precursor to much of the food of modern Turkey and Greece. Bring.;Table of Contents; Preface; 1. An Introduction to Byzantium; 2. Tastes and Smells of the City; 3. Foods and Markets of Constantinople; 4. Water and Wine, Monks and Travellers; 5. Rulers of the World; 6. The Texts; 7. Instructions and Recipes; 8. A Phrase-Book of Byzantine Foods and Aromas; Bibliography; Index.