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Apicius

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Apicius

Name of three celebrated Roman gluttons. The first lived about 92 BC, the second about AD 14, and the third about the middle of the 1st century AD. The second, Marcus Gavius Apicius, is said to have invented several kinds of cakes and sauces. Having squandered a fortune in gluttony, he committed suicide.



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Hardly--but they illustrate the sense of invention that keeps cooking so gratifying for so many; further, they help stake out a middle ground somewhere between "I got this tank of fizzy lifting gas from my dad's friend at NASA" and "this is the exact way Apicius made it.
Tarte Tatin: what do we know for sure about tarte Tatin? by Art Culinaire
The salty fermented fish sauce of Apicius (garum) is thus linked to the anchovy of La Varenne across the centuries, despite the fact that the two were used in entirely different contexts.
Acquired Taste: The French Origins of Modern Cooking by Albala, Kenneth / Renaissance Quarterly
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