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Ash cake was the ancient Roman term for food produced in the ashes of a fire. This type of food may be the ancestor of Italian flatbread focaccia. [3] Many baked goods included large quantities of honey and oil. [2] Leaves were used to flavor the bread. [11] The Romans adopted a Gaulic technique of adding froth to bread dough to make light ...
[2] [5] The loaf was incised before being baked by dividing it into wedges to make the bread easier to share. Similar loaves appear in Roman art. [7] The bread had been tied with a string around its side, shown by a line, to make it easier to carry. [5] The loaf is stamped with the text "Of Celer, slave of [Quintus] Granius Verus".
The Roman colonies provided many foods to Rome; the city received ham from Belgium, oysters from Brittany, garum from Mauretania, wild game from Tunisia, silphium (laser) from Cyrenaica, flowers from Egypt, lettuce from Cappadocia, and fish from Pontus. [7] The ancient Roman diet included many items that are staples of modern Italian cooking.
Stephens has also appeared as Cringely in two documentaries based on his writings: Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) and Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998) and in a three-part documentary on PBS called Plane Crazy, in which he attempted to build an aircraft in 30 days and fly it when completed. The ...
Thermopolium in Herculaneum. In the ancient Greco-Roman world, a thermopolium (pl.: thermopolia), from Greek θερμοπώλειον (thermopōlion), i.e. cook-shop, [1] literally "a place where something hot is sold", was a commercial establishment where it was possible to purchase ready-to-eat food.
The phrase "fractio panis" (Greek: klasis tou artou) and its variants is not found in pagan literature but recurs frequently in early Christian literature, indicating particular Christian usage; [2] not only is the "blessing and breaking" of the bread mentioned in each of the four accounts of the Last Supper, but repeatedly also in the other Apostolic writings.
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In ancient Roman religion, Fornax was the divine personification of the oven (fornax), [1] the patroness of bakers, and a goddess of baking. [2] She ensured that the heat of ovens did not get hot enough to burn the corn or bread. [3] [4] People would pray to Fornax for help whilst baking.