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Lazarus Cooke
 
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In article >, David
Friedman > wrote:

> In article >,
> (Ashley) wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm doing a report/project for school, and it requires that I make
> > find informmationon food from Ancient Greece. I also need a report with
> > it(about the food and how it was used). Currently, I'm having a hard
> > time finding anything about Ancient Greek food/culture/etc. If anyone
> > has any recipes of Ancient Greek foods, that would be great. I need the
> > recipes by Tues. If you can provide me with any recipes, I'd appreciate

>
> While I'm not an expert, I think the answer is that there are no
> surviving recipes from ancient Greece, although there are references to
> food from which one might be able to reconstruct some.


No, no no. There's a brilliant book called "Fishcakes and Courtesans"
about the significance of food and (sorry about this} sex in ancient
greece. Hang on and I'll get you more details...

Lazarus

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