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La mer et les fruits de mer chez Marcus Gavius Apicius – aspects historiques et juridiques
2021
Marcus Gavius, alias Apicius, born around 25 BCE, the author of the culinary work De re coquinaria, before his death travelled to the coast of Africa in order to obtain large shellfish that were to surpass those he had known up to then. This expedition was recorded by the sophist Athenaeus of Naucratis (Athenaeus Naucratita) (2nd / 3rd century AD) in Deipnosophistae 1.7b. Disappointed, Apicius, however, did not find satisfactory culinary products. In the Book IX entitled: „Seafood“ „De re coquinaria“ of Apicius we find the recipes for the preparation of dishes based on various seafood, such as: spiny lobster, European lobster, eyed electric ray, squid, cuttlefish, octopus, oyster, all kinds…