192 Episodo

  1. A Forgotten Empire - Foods of Ancient Carthage

    Publicado: 4/10/2023

  2. Eating with the Tudors - An interview with food historian Brigitte Webster

    Publicado: 27/9/2023

  3. A History of the World in Ten Dinners

    Publicado: 19/9/2023

  4. Hawaiian Food- Islands of abundance in pre-European contact

    Publicado: 23/8/2023

  5. Food in Ancient Greece -An Interview with Flint Dibble Part 2

    Publicado: 12/8/2023

  6. Food in Ancient Greece -An Interview with Flint Dibble Part 1

    Publicado: 8/8/2023

  7. Archestratus The Life of Luxury- Quotes from Athenaeus Pt3

    Publicado: 1/8/2023

  8. Archestratus The Life of Luxury- Quotes from Athenaeus Pt2

    Publicado: 30/7/2023

  9. Archestratus Life of Luxury Pt 1 -Quotes from Athenaeus

    Publicado: 25/7/2023

  10. The Rise of Celebrity Chefs in Modern Era

    Publicado: 14/7/2023

  11. Ancient Rome’s Street Food and Urban Kitchens

    Publicado: 22/6/2023

  12. Hungry Vikings: A History of the Food of Norse People

    Publicado: 15/6/2023

  13. Sandwich - A Stuffed between two Slices of Bread History!

    Publicado: 23/5/2023

  14. The Moorish Arab Cuisine of Iberia

    Publicado: 17/5/2023

  15. Ambergris, Musk and Pomegranate

    Publicado: 9/5/2023

  16. Interpreting Medieval Recipes for the Modern Kitchen with Dr Christopher Monk

    Publicado: 3/5/2023

  17. European Medieval Cuisine and Food Part 4- The Culinary Legacy of Constantinople

    Publicado: 23/4/2023

  18. European Medieval Cuisine Part 3 - Foods and Recipes of Medieval England & Italy

    Publicado: 16/4/2023

  19. European Medieval Cuisine Part 2 - A History through recipes

    Publicado: 11/4/2023

  20. European Medieval Cuisine - A History Part 1

    Publicado: 6/4/2023

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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