Project Gutenberg 2013-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 129 Martyn, Charles 1874 48036281 Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients "In the beginning": The coming of the nations -- Assyria and the other kingdoms of the "tawny men" -- Egypt and the Egyptians -- The "vegetable kingdom" of Ancient Egypt -- Greece before the age of luxury -- Rome in the days of her greatest prosperity -- The ancient Jews -- The Chinese. E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients" by Charles Martyn is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The text explores the culinary practices and food sources of various ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and others, revealing the evolution of cooking and dining customs over time. The book delves into how food influenced society and culture, emphasizing the importance of culinary knowledge in the advancement of civilization. At the start of the work, Martyn discusses the origins of culinary practices and how early humans relied primarily on fruit and nuts for sustenance. He ponders the evolutionary aspects of man's diet, noting an eventual shift towards cooked meat and the use of fire. The opening also examines the transition from primitive food preparation methods to more complex culinary techniques, setting the stage for a broader examination of various ancient cultures and their unique culinary contributions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43643/43643-h/images/cover.jpg en Kitchen utensils Cooking -- History Food -- History TX Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - General 157358 157138 2024-09-18T10:13:19.511532 2023-09-19T06:14:14.810458 text/html text/html 155985 2013-09-04T18:04:32 text/html 1010180 2013-09-04T18:07:08 text/html application/zip 1078292 2024-09-18T10:13:23.012565 application/epub+zip 1079766 2024-09-18T10:13:20.162544 application/epub+zip 122893 2024-09-18T10:13:19.819514 application/epub+zip 1139222 2024-09-18T10:13:25.310738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1120243 2024-09-18T10:13:22.681489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166531 2022-09-19T21:05:28.080027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135532 135346 2024-09-18T10:13:19.049525 2023-09-19T06:14:14.401453 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 135109 2013-09-04T18:02:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 52692 2013-09-04T18:02:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 135116 2013-09-04T18:02:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52687 2013-09-04T18:02:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20866 2024-09-18T10:13:25.458478 application/rdf+xml 15851 2024-09-18T10:13:19.907504 image/jpeg 1855 2024-09-18T10:13:19.863503 image/jpeg 1017279 2024-09-18T10:13:19.579548 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog