Author(s): Wilkins, John M. Author(s): Hill, Shaun Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 0631235507 Date published: January 2006 Hardback Price: ??55.00 In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.The book focuses on ancient Greece and Rome, but also looks at Persian, Egyptian, Celtic and other cultures.