Food in Mesopotamia: 10.000 years of cooking, brewing, and feasting
Name of applicant
Mette Marie Hald
Title
Senior Researcher
Institution
National Museum of Denmark
Amount
DKK 905,754
Year
2025
Type of grant
Monograph Fellowships
Summary
This book explores the cooking traditions of Mesopotamia, from the first villages of the Neolithic to the empires of the Iron Age. I draw from a range of archaeological, historical, and scientific data, which together provide a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on food practices, from preparing daily meals to organising the "culinary theatre" of royal feasting.