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The Cookbook of Apicius

Radio series in which kitchen hints and tips were dispensed by Keith Floyd - Roman style

Genre:
Satire
Broadcast:
1997  (BBC Radio 4)
Episodes:
6 (1 series)
Starring:
Keith Floyd, Alan Francis
Writers:
Jim Miller
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Offbeat quarter-hour show in the Late Night Opening strand, providing cookery hints and tips as presented by an ancient Roman. Real-life television cook Keith Floyd played the gourmet Apicius and Alan Francis his faithful scribe Felix, a Greek amongst Romans who was none too keen on the idea of skewered dormouse as a snack.