The Story Of Garum by Sally Grainger, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

The fish sauce known asgarumappears to have been ubiquitous in Roman trade and in the cuisine that the Romans spread around the Mediterranean world. This volume integrates the vast body of evidence for fish sauces from archaeology and ancient literature to show the importance of this essential ingredient in both Roman cooking and in Roman trade. Beginning with a re-evaluation of the ancient literature the volume highlights the importance of the didactic texts for revealing the nature of the products and their consumption. The numerous, and often inaccessible, studies of amphorae where either fish sauce or salted fish residues have been identified will be collated and reassessed, in collaboration with a leading zooarchaeologist. The major fish sauce factory complexes of the Mediterranean coastline are analysed for key features and amodus operandiproposed for the different products. The group of amphorae associated with fish sauce and salted fish will be studied for their functional characteristics and their differing shapes. There have been many recent experimental approaches to fish sauce manufacture (the author is responsible for one of the most comprehensive to date) and these are used to further our understanding of these products that were of such importance in the Roman world. | The Story Of Garum by Sally Grainger, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters