Oldest known cookbook in existence offers readers a clear picture of what foods Romans ate and how they prepared them. Actual recipes — from fig fed pork and salt fish balls in wine sauce to pumpkin Alexander style, nut custard turnovers, and rose pie.
The Apicius book is the most ancient of European cookery books. However, Platina's work, de honesta uolvptate, is the first cookery book to appear in print.