The Delicious Legacy

A podcast by The Delicious Legacy - Wednesdays

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149 Episodes

  1. The curious search for Cyrenaic Silphium

    Published: 7/8/2022

  2. Magical Mastic From Chios and Other Eastern Spices

    Published: 6/23/2022

  3. Traditional Foods of Northern England

    Published: 6/8/2022

  4. Humoral Theory and Dietetics from Ancient Greece to Medieval Europe

    Published: 6/2/2022

  5. Part Two of the Medieval Arab Cuisine

    Published: 5/11/2022

  6. Medieval Arab Cuisine with Professor Daniel Newman Pt1

    Published: 5/4/2022

  7. Monks: Fasting, Foraging and Praying in the Desert

    Published: 4/9/2022

  8. Ancient Massalia and her foods

    Published: 3/26/2022

  9. An Interview with Author & Cheesemonger Ned Palmer

    Published: 2/25/2022

  10. An Interview with Pen Vogler - Breakfast Through the Ages

    Published: 1/17/2022

  11. The Twelve Days of Greek Christmas and other stories

    Published: 12/26/2021

  12. A Universal History Of Pickles Part2

    Published: 12/19/2021

  13. A Universal History of Pickles Part 1

    Published: 12/9/2021

  14. Women, Beer and Cheese In Medieval Europe

    Published: 11/28/2021

  15. The Cornwall Project - An Interview with Matt Chatfield

    Published: 11/8/2021

  16. The History of Olive Oil Pt2

    Published: 10/28/2021

  17. The History of Olive Oil Pt1

    Published: 10/3/2021

  18. The History of the Magical Garos Sauce

    Published: 9/17/2021

  19. Pork as medicine in the ancient and medieval world

    Published: 8/31/2021

  20. Recipe Books Buried Under the Sand

    Published: 8/22/2021

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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.