{"product_id":"the-boastful-chef-the-discourse-of-food-in-ancient-greek-comedy-9780199240685","title":"The Boastful Chef The Discourse of Food in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about Greek culture. It explains why Greek comedy picked out food in particular as a cultural marker. Hundreds of comic fragments are quoted in translation. The development of comedy is explored together with comic creativity as poets sought to represent 'reality' (figs or cooking-pots) on the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fascinating and original book, spiced with liberal quotations (all translated) from comic fragments alongside discussion of the plays of Aristophanes and Menander * Greece \u0026amp; Rome *\u003cbr\u003eOffers a more multi-sided approach to ancient cooking and its practitioners than any other available * Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA scholarly book * Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017631072599,"sku":"9780199240685","price":225.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199240685.jpg?v=1750774171","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-boastful-chef-the-discourse-of-food-in-ancient-greek-comedy-9780199240685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}