Apicius Quotes

“While Apicius is full of ancient delicacies such as roasted peacock, boiled sow vulva, testicles, and other foods we would not commonly eat today, there are many others that are still popular, including tapenade, absinthe, flatbreads, and meatballs. There is even a recipe for Roman milk and egg bread that is identical to what we call French toast. And, contrary to popular belief, foie gras was not originally a French delicacy. The dish dates back twenty-five hundred years, and Pliny credits Apicius with developing a version using pigs instead of geese by feeding hogs dried figs and giving them an overdose of mulsum (honey wine) before slaughtering them.”
― Crystal King, Feast of Sorrow

“It's Apicius-Style Duck. Enjoy."
Apicius-Style Duck is a dish said to have been a favorite of a famous seventeenth-century Italian gourmand.
The recipe calls for duck breasts to be roasted and then have the skin side coated in spices and a caramelized honey glaze.
"Look at how the caramelized honey gleams!"
"The layer of spices crusting the outer skin smells amazing too!”
― Yūto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 11 [Shokugeki no Souma 11]