The Story of Garum: Fermented Fish Sauce and Salted Fish in the Ancient World

by Sally Grainger

The Story of Garum recounts the convoluted journey of that notorious Roman fish sauce, known as garum, from a smelly Greek fish paste to an expensive luxury at the heart of Roman cuisine and back to obscurity as the Roman empire declines.

This book is a unique attempt to meld the very disparate disciplines of ancient history, classical literature, archaeology, zooarchaeology, experimental archaeology, ethnographic studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138284076
• ISBN13: 9781138284074
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"