title: Eating and Drinking in Roman Britain
author:  H.E. M. Cool 
description: "H.E.M. Cool's book about food in Roman Britain successfully combines a variety of archaeological, biological, epigraphic and literary sources, including very recent excavation results, as well as a review of secondary sources, by focusing on all aspects of food and nutrition in the province. It is an invaluable source of information for any scholar researching the subject of Roman food and drink...it will also be appealing to the general reader interested in the subject of Roman food. Overall, this is an extremely valuable and informative new study, which both summarizes old data and new findings extremely coherently and which provides a very good analysis of the social implications of eating and drinking in Roman Britain. ...this book is extremely well-researched and written and presents a very detailed summary of the subject and can be recommended highly to both scholar and enthusiast alike." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 3/26/2008
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  EATING AND DRINKING IN
  ROMAN BRITAIN
  What were the eating and drinking habits of the inhabitants of
  Britain during the Roman period? Drawing on evidence from a
  large number of archaeological excavations, this fascinating new
  study shows how varied these habits were in different regions and
  amongst different communities and challenges the idea that there
  was any one single way of being Roman or native. Integrating a
  range of archaeological sources, including pottery, metalwork and
  environmental evidence such as animal bone and seeds, this book
  illuminates eating and drinking choices, providing invaluable in-
  sights into how those communities regarded their world. The book
  contains sections on the nature of the different types of evidence
  used and how they can be analysed. It will be a useful guide to all
  archaeologists, and those who wish to learn about the strengths and
  weaknesses of these materials and how best to use them.
  HILARY COOL is a professi