The Delicious Legacy

A podcast by The Delicious Legacy - Wednesdays

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167 Episodes

  1. Traditional Foods of Northern England

    Published: 6/8/2022

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

    Published: 6/2/2022

  3. Part Two of the Medieval Arab Cuisine

    Published: 5/11/2022

  4. Medieval Arab Cuisine with Professor Daniel Newman Pt1

    Published: 5/4/2022

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

    Published: 4/9/2022

  6. Ancient Massalia and her foods

    Published: 3/26/2022

  7. An Interview with Author & Cheesemonger Ned Palmer

    Published: 2/25/2022

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

    Published: 1/17/2022

  9. The Twelve Days of Greek Christmas and other stories

    Published: 12/26/2021

  10. A Universal History Of Pickles Part2

    Published: 12/19/2021

  11. A Universal History of Pickles Part 1

    Published: 12/9/2021

  12. Women, Beer and Cheese In Medieval Europe

    Published: 11/28/2021

  13. The Cornwall Project - An Interview with Matt Chatfield

    Published: 11/8/2021

  14. The History of Olive Oil Pt2

    Published: 10/28/2021

  15. The History of Olive Oil Pt1

    Published: 10/3/2021

  16. The History of the Magical Garos Sauce

    Published: 9/17/2021

  17. Pork as medicine in the ancient and medieval world

    Published: 8/31/2021

  18. Recipe Books Buried Under the Sand

    Published: 8/22/2021

  19. Decoding the Forme Of Cury - An Interview with Dr Christopher Monk

    Published: 7/31/2021

  20. Yearning for Yorkshire Pudding (A History of)

    Published: 7/14/2021

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A Greek Gourmand, travels through time...Imagine yourself dining with Socrates, Plato, or Pythagoras! What tasty morsels of food accompanied the conversations of these most significant minds in Western philosophy?Now picture yourself as you sat for a symposium with Cicero, or Pliny the Elder or Julius Caesar. The opulent feasts of the decadent Romans!Maybe, you're following Alexander the Great during his military campaigns in Asia for ten years. Conquering the vast Persian empire, while 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? Who was the first to write a recipe down and why? Sauces, 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 far and wide, reconstructing the diet, the feasts, the dishes of a Greek Philosopher in a symposium in Athens, or a Roman Emperor or as a rich merchant in the last night in Pompeii.....Lavish dinners, exotic spices, so-called "barbaric" traditions of beer and milk, all intertwined...Stay tuned and find out more here, in 'The Delicious Legacy' Podcast!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.