Discover the World’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, from Ancient Rome
[ad_1] WestÂern scholÂarÂship has had “a bias against studyÂing senÂsuÂal expeÂriÂence,” writes Reina GatÂtuso at Atlas ObscuÂra, “the relÂic of an EnlightÂenÂment-era hierÂarÂchy that conÂsidÂered taste, touch, and flaÂvor taboo topÂics for sober acaÂdÂeÂmÂic inquiry.” This does not mean, howÂevÂer, that cookÂing has been ignored by hisÂtoÂriÂans. Many a scholÂar has takÂen EuroÂpean cookÂing seriÂousÂly, … Read more