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  1. The History of Spice Trade Pt2

    Publicerades: 2022-08-22

  2. The History of Spice Trade Pt1

    Publicerades: 2022-08-16

  3. The Ancient History of Beer with Pete Brown

    Publicerades: 2022-07-18

  4. The curious search for Cyrenaic Silphium

    Publicerades: 2022-07-08

  5. Magical Mastic From Chios and Other Eastern Spices

    Publicerades: 2022-06-23

  6. Traditional Foods of Northern England

    Publicerades: 2022-06-08

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

    Publicerades: 2022-06-02

  8. Part Two of the Medieval Arab Cuisine

    Publicerades: 2022-05-11

  9. Medieval Arab Cuisine with Professor Daniel Newman Pt1

    Publicerades: 2022-05-04

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

    Publicerades: 2022-04-09

  11. Ancient Massalia and her foods

    Publicerades: 2022-03-26

  12. An Interview with Author & Cheesemonger Ned Palmer

    Publicerades: 2022-02-25

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

    Publicerades: 2022-01-17

  14. The Twelve Days of Greek Christmas and other stories

    Publicerades: 2021-12-26

  15. A Universal History Of Pickles Part2

    Publicerades: 2021-12-19

  16. A Universal History of Pickles Part 1

    Publicerades: 2021-12-09

  17. Women, Beer and Cheese In Medieval Europe

    Publicerades: 2021-11-28

  18. The Cornwall Project - An Interview with Matt Chatfield

    Publicerades: 2021-11-08

  19. The History of Olive Oil Pt2

    Publicerades: 2021-10-28

  20. The History of Olive Oil Pt1

    Publicerades: 2021-10-03

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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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