Apion, writer, quoted by Athenaeus, p. [9]
APIUM, celery, smallage, parsley. ℞ [104]
APOTHERMA (—UM, APODERMUM) hot porridge, gruel, pudding. ℞ [57]; cf. [TISANA]
APPARATUS, preparation; —— MENSAE, getting dinner ready
Appetizers. ℞ [174] and others. According to Horace, eggs were the first dishes served. The “moveable appetizer” of Apicius is very elaborate, p. [210]
Appert, François, ℞ [24], father of the modern canning methods
APRUS, APRUGNUS, wild boar. ℞ [329-38]. APRINA, PERNA, ℞ [338], also APER
APUA (ABUA, APHYA), a small kind of fish, anchovy, sprat, whiting, white bait, or minnow. ℞ [138-9], [146], cf. [Pliny]. Apua is also a town in Liguria; its inhabitants APUANI
AQUA, water; —— CALIDA, hot w.; —— CISTERNINA, well w.; —— MARINA, sea w.; —— NITRATA, soda w. for the cooking of vegetables; —— RECENS; fresh, i.e., not stale w.; —— PLUVIALE, rain w.