[Sca-cooks] The Uncertain Hour and Roman Dining

[Johnna Holloway]

Today's (6/14/2007) New York Times has an article
on Jesse Browner who is described as a food historian
and novelist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/garden/14kitchen-literary.html?ex=1182484800&en=8ca4dade9a5035c4&ei=5070&emc=eta1
His new book is The Uncertain Hour which deatils the last meal of the 
Roman satirist
Petronius.
http://jessebrowner.com/uncertain.htm

Browner’s meticulous description of a Roman banquet and its attendant 
rituals, as well as his account of first-century Roman politics, letters 
and even clothing styles, is immediately immersive. Browner creates with 
considerable skill a snapshot of Roman life.” /Publishers Weekly/

He talks about the food here--
http://jessebrowner.com/cuisine.htm

Johnna