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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!

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Helloooooo...!Easter in UK and Western Europe (Catholic or otherwise) is nearly upon us!Traditionally the most important celebration of Christianity.On this episode from the archives, from April 2020, I'm re-publishing the episode about Eastern Orthodox Easter where I describe in some general terms what is happening during the Lent and Easter Sunday.As is the most important date of the religious calendar and as such, is celebrated in style!The Lent lasts 40 days and then follows the Holy Week (another lent period) and the the Easter Sunday celebrations!What is tsoureki? What do the Greek eat on Palm Sunday?Do they really paint red the hens eggs? Why?And what is "mageiritsa" that's eaten after the midnight mass on Saturday to Sunday morning?Centre piece of Easter Sunday is a whole spit roast lamb on charcoal, or two (or as is the case with my family 3)...and kokoretsi...If you're nostalgic (as a Greek that's stuck abroad and missing it this year) tempted and hungry do have a listen!Music by Pavlos Kapralos.We will back next week with a new episode...!Much love and happy Easter!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!What is Greek Cuisine today?How do we define the food of the modern Greek nation? Clear and in many ways transparent cuisine.can it be defined from the simplicity and freshness of the ingredients, and her frugal, austere or thrifty nature?Is it just this though?And how Greek is mousaka, a dish that is considered so Greek throughout the world?These and much more, I explore on today's episode on the origins of creation of the modern Greek Cuisine and how this is a problem of definitionfor many national cuisines and the myth that is essential in their story.Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!Today I have the pleasure to interview historian Dr Eleanor Barnett about her new book, "Leftovers".The interview was conducted in January, in anticipation of her new book which is coming out on Thursday 14th of March, as a hardback from Head of Zeus.Preservation of food, and waste management isn't a new problem for our globalized societies. It's part of humankind's story from very early on.On this episode Dr. Eleanor Barnett will talk about the past 600 years -give or take- and what happened in Britain specifically from Tudor era until today- with an eye looking into our future! Why food was wasted in the past? How it was wasted? And what did they do with all the food waste that they created?In times of abundance it's easy to forget how tough can be to feed one's family and self. In the past when harvest failed, prices rose, riots followed; when unscrupulous merchants tried to sell the produce unfairly or abroad, mobs descented and took the wheat or cheese for themselves. Yet now we throw away seemingly an endless supply of perfectly good to eat food. 46% of UK waste is from households and hospitality today. Agriculture and farming for 28%, food processing and manufacturing for 17%, and food distribution for 9%. This equates to 9.5 million tonnes every single year. Globally 14% is lost between harvest and retail, and 11% in households. So let's take a deep dive in the past and find out more!Dr Eleanor Barnett posts on instagram as @historyeats and here's her website:https://www.eleanorbarnett.com/ 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.
Hello!Welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure! I think you'll enjoy this one! Sweet and complex and full of myths, legends and symbolism!Honey is a revered food the world over and bees a sacred and important insect.Let's find out about the first ever apiary, the ancient egyptian practises, mesopotamian myths and ancient greek myths of honeybees.Plus why the Romans hated Sardinian honey so much? Enjoyyyy!Thom & The Delicious LegacyMusic by Pavlos Kapralos.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.
Hello!I have a genuinely exciting episode from the archives of The Delicious Legacy! Even though this is a re-run I have added some extra bits on the intro and outro with bonus ancient recipes! And it's massive! Labyrinth, Minotaur, Talos, and many other myths and legends, Gods and kings and pirates and poets! This is the sun-kissed, sea-guarded Crete everybody!I had the great honour to talk with food archaeologist Jerolyn Morrison who is in the island of Crete. For the almost 3 decades now, with teams of dedicated, hard working archaeologists from different fields, she explores and excavates ancient sites all over the island. Jerolyn specialises on findings from the Minoan times, so we are talking really ancient stuff here! Times full of myths and legends!More about how you can get involved you can find here:https://www.minoantastes.com/aboutEnjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!Self-Exploding nuts! Now this is fact for the ages! Sadly they haven't been used as a weapon in the ancient past so I can't claim it's known for millennia..But...Pistachios!Evidence so far points to farmers having domesticated the pistachio during the first millennium BCE “somewhere within its wild range,” which spanned southern Central Asia, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan as well as northern Iran and northern Afghanistan. But how did they spread throughout the world? And where can we find the best tastiest ones?And a little bonus on the history of peanuts, another misunderstood legume which is treated as a nut, or legume!Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
A huge volcanic explosion...An city buried under tonnes of pumice and ash...No, we are not talking about Pompeii or Herculaneum, but another place and volcano, at least one thousand five hundred years before...An island civilization destroyed by a cataclysmic eruption around 1600 BCE, roughly 3600 years ago! Akrotiri, a town on the Greek island of Thera, (what we call now Santorini) was buried and forgotten till the 20th century.This unfortunate event for the Minoans, was great luck for us, as archaeologists unearthed an almost intact city. Amongst the many discoveries were many frescoes.And on some of them were depicted women picking saffron from crocus flowers! Which for the purposes of our episode today, is perhaps the oldest depiction of saffron picking ever!You see the spice of our discussion today, saffron from the flower crocus sativus it always had a magnetic attraction to humans!With it's vibrant golden colour, saffron was considered important as a medicine, dye and food. And it still is the most expensive spice in world! Worth almost $10,000 per kilo, it still holds it's importance in our cuisine!So to enlighten us and explore it's history I invited the food historian and author Sam Bilton who's book "Fool's Gold - A History of British Saffron" explores the fascinating story behind saffron in the British Isles! Let's find out more about the most valuable spice in the world, Saffron!Sam has recently released another book for The British Library series "The Philosophy of..." about Chocolate.You can find out more about her and her books and podcast here:https://www.sambilton.com/Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!According to some definitions, "Globalisation is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place." But this is not a new phenomenon. For many centuries, this process was happening driven partly or mostly because of the lust for spices. Rare, highly prized and expensive.Today we will explore the history of three of these spices which are so important to the story of our globalised world.But most importantly this story is also a story of the Spice Islands; Deep in Indonesia, there where the amazing local sailors and merchants of Banda Islands. The Bandanese became the undisputed leaders of the inter island trade of spices, travelling in fleets of kora-kora canoes, propelled by rowers on platforms of bamboo lashed five feet away on either side of the canoe proper...Our spices:-"Karyophyllon" in Ancient Greek was our Cloves.The Roman writer Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) was the first to describe cloves in the West in his Natural History (70 CE) where he recorded that “there is also in India a grain resembling that of pepper but larger and more fragile, called caryophyllom, which is reported to grow on the Indian lotus tree; it is imported here for the sake of its scent”-Nutmeg and mace are frequently mentioned in the oldest scriptures of Hinduism in India, the Vedas, composed between 1500 and 1000 BCE.-Madagascar is synonymous with vanilla. But what we know and think and eat as vanilla, is not native to Madagascar; it originated some 10,000 miles away...Let's find out!Music by Pavlos KapralosLove,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!!!This week we are going back roughly 4000 years ago, in Anatolia, in what is today Turkey. A plateau, created by the forces of the tectonic plates pushing each other, bordering Syria, Iran, Iraq, Armenia or encompassing some of the current countries, the Hittites were an ancient civilization a powerhouse controlling much of the fertile land and trade.Avid collectors of foreign literature, they saved for our eyes, thousands of clay tablets with myths, legends, incantations and spells of cultures surrounding them, as well as their own history. Peace treaties with Egyptians and trade with the semi-mythical kingdom of the Achaeans or otherwise as we know them Mycenaean Greeks. and their disputre with Wilusa, or as we know it Troy.Join me to find out more about the people were myth and history collides with some fascinating insights!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
25th of January is the birthday of Scotland's National Poet: Robert Burns.What was served on the first ever commemorative dinner in honour of Burns?What are the origins of the delicious pudding Haggis, and how is related to an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes?How are the Arabs responsible for Whiskey?And what is on offer on a traditional Burns night? What delicious fare is available for all party goers?Join me to find out more about this absolute classic Scottish party!Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Why Pythagoras was afraid of a field of beans?Did really an angel decent from Heaven to cook up the most tasty bean soup in a Byzantine Monastery?Do the British love beans or is it just the canned beans?What's pease pudding and what Santorini Fava gotta do with it?And have you heard of this Lancashire delicacy called "parched peas"?This is the episode you've been waiting for! A universal history of beans!Yep. A global phenomenon! Beans have been eater in many forms and guises all over the world. A fantastic resource for humans, and the environment.When we say "beans" we generally mean all pulses, all legumes, not just the tinned variety from a very well known brand...in tomato sauce...This covers lentils, chickpeas, black eyed peas, broad (fava) beans, lupins, peas and other "Old World" beans.From Mesoamerica and the "New World" we got our many varieties of white, black, red, kidney, butter, runner beans and some crazy number of 3000 different varieties of beans!Beans were important in all cultures, and a staple food, a sustenance for thousands of years.From Ancient Egypt, to Greece and Rome, and Medieval Europe via the Arab world.What's the older recipe we've got? And how is cassoulet made? Links:Academy of Cassoulet:https://www.academie-du-cassoulet.com/la-recette-du-cassoulet/ Lentils of Eglouvi in The National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece under the aegis of UNESCOhttps://www.greekgastronomyguide.gr/en/item/faki-egklouvis-lefkada/ Theophrastus the father of botany:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus Giant beans from Prespes:https://www.poupadou.com/blog/en/area-prespes/ https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/26/how-to-make-the-perfect-gigantes-plaki-recipe-felicity-cloake Fava from Santorini;https://www.aglaiakremezi.com/fava-and-the-history-of-the-humble-lathyrus-pea/ EnjoyThe Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!In January 2024 we have reached 4 years of the podcast!Plus in early December we completed 100 episodes of the podcast and for this I wanted to share with you a special episode.What better way that to ask some of my favourite historical food people and friends of The Delicious Legacy, for their opinion on what is their beloved dish from the past, or historical cookbook, or something ancient they like to cook?Here, I've collected the favourite ones from Dr Neil Buttery, Dr Christopher Monk, Ned Palmer, Victoria Flexner and Jay Reifel, Dr Andrew Kenrick, Lewis Bassett from the Full English Podcast,Tudor expert and author Briggite Webster, friend of the podcast and baker Kristin Carrigg, and fellow podcaster and friend of the podcast Kyle Glover from History Rage podcast.On the audio, you'll also find some quick details about each guest and on which episode they were on the podcast, talking about their speciality subject.Enjoy! The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
A man, a legend, a myth. So much is a mystery about Marcus Gavius Apicius the gourmet, and Apicius De Re Coquinaria, the oldest surviving cookbook from the Classical World. Before the word Epicurean was in use, there was "Apician" 'of or pertaining to Apicius the notorious Roman gourmand.' My guest today, Andrew Kenrick is a tutor at University of East Anglia who wrote Eating the Empire: The Life and Dines of a Roman FoodieEating the Empire is a book about the life and food of the world’s first celebrity chef and author of the oldest surviving cookbook, Marcus Gavius Apicius where he attempts to uncover the real Apicius, buried amidst the scandal and myth that surrounded his life.Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Merry Christmas to all!Happy holidays and a delicious New Year!So I have a festive episode for you! Out now, and the last one for the year!Christmas in the Emperor's Palace in Byzantine Constantinople...How did the Emperor entertained his guests in Christmas time? What food was advised to be eaten for the celebrations?Also, what is some traditional modern Greek dishes for Christmas from my home town of Veria?I have some exclusive and delicious recipes for your ears and only!Enjoy!The following talented human beings wrote the music for this episode:Music by Argyris Ottas, https://soundcloud.com/argymusicPavlos Kapraloshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1Aand Miltos Boumis.https://boumisfilms.com/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.
It's another The Delicious Legacy Podcast Vs The British Food History Podcast!The Lives & Works of Four Incredible 18th Century Cooks:Four women. Four household cooks. In the course of a century they reshaped the rules of authorship, cookbooks and home cooking.You might have heard their names. Especially, if you're into your culinary history.But what was that made these four remarkable women to stand out -nearly 300 years ago- in a field crowded with men and rife with plagiarism? Cookery books before were fairly useless as a workable text for the inexperienced new middle classes trying to get economical meals on the table.How did these persistent and talented cooks and cookbook authors shaped our modern genre of culinary writing? And what was the evolution of cooking since the 18th century to today? Suddenly women’s voices were being heard, at least in the gendered realms of romantic fiction, cookery, self-help manuals and other works of betterment…What do we own to these superbly talented women?Join Neil Buttery writer and food historian and me in an exploration of the lives of Eliza Smith, Hannah Glasse, Ann Cook, and Elizabeth Raffald!Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!Everyone's different, but we all love sausages! Isn't true?Greeks eat it, Italians eat, Germans, Spanish, Polish British, Portuguese ...There is, even, a sausage party in Taiwan Taipei...Listen for some recipes for sausages from Apicius as well as recipe for traditional Greek sausages today!Enjoy!Join me on Patreon for exclusive bonus content!https://www.patreon.com/thedeliciouslegacyThe Delicious LegacyMusic by Pavlos KapralosSupport 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.
Hello!This is a short bonus episode where I swapped with Ancient History Hound which is one of the first podcasts and friends on ancient Greek/ Roman history that I've been listening to since I started.He tells us all about an Ancient Athenian Winter Festival - The Haloa. One of many, celebrated the goddess Demeter and in was happening during or around or month December/January.He's website is : https://ancientblogger.com/ Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ancient-history-hound/id1281030015 He is on Twitter as @ancientbloggerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientblogger/?hl=en Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hellooooooo....!Episode 100 is out!New episode is out!Links mentioned in the episode:Food Fit for the the Soul of a PharaohThe Mortuary Temple's Bakeries and Brewerieshttps://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/food-fit-for-the-the-soul-of-a-pharaoh/ 5000-Year-Old wine jars found intact at Abydos in Sohaghttps://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/509364/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/YearOld-wine-jars-found-intact-at-Abydos-in-Sohag.aspx Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
I recently met with the creator and presenter of The Full English Podcast, Lewis Bassett to talk about -well our favourite subject: food- and especially the long lost history of food in British Isles.How far back could we go? Perhaps the first documented evidence were from the Roman occupation of Britain nearly 2000 years ago.We thought we should examine the social aspect of Roman food in Britain and the influence of Rome in the lives of ancient Britons. What was the flavour palette of the ancient world? What were the common foods 2000 years ago? What did the Romans introduced to these islands, foods that we now take as native and local?Lewis came to my house and we cooked an ancient Romano-British feast inspired by both Apicius and archaeological evidence and analysis of remains.I hope you'll enjoy our little conversation, and the food of course!Music by Pavlos KapralosMuch love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
Hello!I'm very excited about this episode! Farrell Monaco is a culinary & experimental archaeologist, and bread-baking addict! Especially of the ancient Greco-Roman variety...So what better person to chat about the ancient cuisine? And it's a very thought-provoking and thoughtful. Who were the people (and the animals!) who did the hard work?Currently in California -where she was when we spoke online- but mostly researching in Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia about ancient Greco-Roman breadways.More info on bread from Pompeii by Farrell Monaco:https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230629-adoreum-the-newly-discovered-flatbread-fresco-of-pompeiihttps://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230406-arculata-the-bread-that-survived-pompeiiApuleius and The Golden Ass:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_AssEtruscan Tarquinian Tombs:https://tarquiniaturismo.com/tomb-of-the-triclinium/?lang=en Farrell's website and blog:https://tavolamediterranea.com/Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.
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