by Stephanie Dray | Dec 20, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
Guest Post by Roberta Trahan Prophecy and magic are essential elements in THE WELL OF TEARS (Amazon Publishing/47North, Spring 2012), an epic historical fantasy set in early 10th century Wales. And, as was true of the ancient agrarian based religions of the time, food...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 6, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
Guest Post by Melanie McDonald One of the most fascinating research topics for Eromenos involved food: What foods were available, how those foods were prepared, and how members of the imperial court ate, especially in comparison with the citizens in the street—all of...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 22, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
So, we all know about the wine. Falernian, Caecuban, etc. Ancients drank the stuff in copious quantities. But what else did they drink? This was a point of inquiry for me when writing Song of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s daughter who became the highly...