Lazarus Cooke wrote:

>
> The book is called "Courtesans and Fishcakes", by James Davidson. It is
> quite brilliant, and I wanted to make a television series based on it
> some years ago.

It is quite a good book. Though it should be noted that the "fishcakes"
part only takes up about a quarter or third of it; the rest is devoted to
non-food related topics.

Another recommendation is _Siren Feasts_, by Andrew Dalby (Routledge, 1996):
it's much more comprehensive on the subject of food in ancient Greece.

Ashley, for your purposes, you might look at _The Classical Cookbook_, by
Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger: I haven't read it, but it contains lots of
adaptations of ancient recipes. Also, Googling "ancient greek recipes"
comes up with lots of sites. Good luck with your project!

-Andrew