The Pantropheon

A grand nineteenth-century history of food and its preparation in the ancient world, roaming across the tables of Greece, Rome, and beyond.

At a glance Part scholarship, part feast, written with the flourish of a celebrated Victorian chef. Few books treat the kitchen as a window onto whole civilisations, but this one sets out… What it's about The Pantropheon is a history of food and its preparation in ancient… It gathers lore about bread and wine, meats and vegetables, feasts and fasts, drawing on…

The Pantropheon is a history of food and its preparation in ancient times, surveying the ingredients, dishes, customs, and excesses of classical antiquity.