9 septembre 2021
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Lisa Smith, « The recipe for animal sacrifice in ancient Greece », The Recipes Project, ID : 10.58079/tdbl
By Flint Dibble We’re so used to modern, twenty-first century recipes. Everything is spelled out to a tee: ingredients, amounts, instructions. But, even if you look at earlier 20th century recipes, the detail is sparser. Techniques and amounts could be optional or elided over since certain knowledge was assumed. Ancient recipes, like those by the Roman chef Apicius, are even worse. There’s so much assumed knowledge, and we’re at such a cultural distance that it’s difficult to know exactly ...