HISTORY: PIZZA THROUGH THE CENTURIES! 1ST CENTURY A.D. Our knowledge of Roman cookery derives mainly from the excavations at Pompeii and from the great cookery book of Marcus Gavius Apicius called De Re Coquinaria. Apicius was a culinary expert and from his writings, he provided us with information on ancient Roman cuisine. It is recorded that so great was Apicius love of food that he poisoned himself for fear of dying of hunger when his finances fell into disarray. Apicius book also contains recipes which involve putting a variety of ingredients on a base of bread (a hollowed-out loaf). The recipe uses chicken meat, pine kernels, cheese, garlic, mint, pepper, and oil (all ingredients of the contemporary pizza). The recipe concludes the instruction insuper nive, et inferes which means cool in snow and serve!
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