The Delicious Legacy

A podcast by The Delicious Legacy

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Arts Society & Culture History

160 Episodes

  1. Food and Revolution in South America

    Published: 2/7/2025

  2. Crisps - A Short History of Crisps with Neil Ridley

    Published: 1/29/2025

  3. The Culinary Treasures of the Ottoman Empire Part Two

    Published: 1/24/2025

  4. The Culinary Treasures of the Ottoman Empire Pt1

    Published: 1/22/2025

  5. My Personal Culinary Origin Story

    Published: 1/17/2025

  6. A Short History of Beer with Pete Brown 2025 version

    Published: 1/15/2025

  7. The History of the English Pub from Medieval Times

    Published: 1/7/2025

  8. Favourite Christmas Foods

    Published: 12/19/2024

  9. A Tudor Christmas Feast

    Published: 12/11/2024

  10. Greece’s Rare & Wonderful Foods: Two Tasty Dishes

    Published: 12/6/2024

  11. The Sublime Society of Beef Steaks

    Published: 12/4/2024

  12. From the archives - A Philosophy of Indian Food

    Published: 11/27/2024

  13. The Greek Charcuterie through the ages

    Published: 11/20/2024

  14. Strange Cheeses from Mysterious Greek Islands

    Published: 11/13/2024

  15. Heart of A City: Food Markets in Ancient Greco-Roman Egypt

    Published: 11/6/2024

  16. The English Table - An Interview with Jill Norman

    Published: 10/30/2024

  17. Of Cabbages and Kimchi, A History of Fermentation in Ten Foods

    Published: 10/23/2024

  18. The History of Sushi

    Published: 10/15/2024

  19. History of French Cheese - Part Two

    Published: 10/9/2024

  20. A Cheesemonger's Tour De France: History, Myths and Tastes

    Published: 10/1/2024

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Imagine yourself dining with Socrates, Plato, or Pythagoras... maybe even Cicero and Julius Caesar...being a soldier marching with Alexander's the Great army in the vast Persian empire discovering new foods... or try and picture the richness of fruits and vegetables in the lush Hanging Gardens of Babylon...what foods did our ancestors ate?How did all begin? Why am I so hooked on ancient recipes and ingredients? Is the food delicious? Wholesome? Do you need to know? I think so! Recipes, ingredients, ways of cooking. Timeless and continuous yet unique and so alien to us now days. Staple ingredients of the Mediterranean world -as we think now- like tomatoes, potatoes, rice, peppers, didn't exist. What did they eat? We will travel and imagine how it was to eat like a Greek Philosopher in a symposium in Athens, as a Roman Emperor or as a rich merchant in the last night in Pompeii......Lavish dinners, exotic ingredients, barbaric elements, all intertwined...Stay tuned and find out more here, in 'The Delicious Legacy' Podcast!Find all out, right here!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. If you love to time-travel through food and history why not join us at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.