192 Episodes

  1. A Short History of Pistachio

    Published: 2/21/2024

  2. A History of Saffron - The most expensive spice in the world

    Published: 2/14/2024

  3. Nutmeg, Cloves, Vanilla; A quest for the most expensive spices in the world!

    Published: 2/7/2024

  4. Foodways of The Hittites

    Published: 1/31/2024

  5. Whiskey and Haggis- A Burns Night Dinner

    Published: 1/24/2024

  6. A (Pungent) History of Beans

    Published: 1/17/2024

  7. Celebrating 100 Episodes of The Delicious Legacy

    Published: 1/10/2024

  8. The Legendary Gourmet Apicius

    Published: 1/4/2024

  9. Byzantine Christmas Foods and Traditional Greek Christmas Recipes

    Published: 12/20/2023

  10. Elizabeth Raffald, Hannah Glasse, Eliza Smith, Ann Cook

    Published: 12/13/2023

  11. Sausages: Preserving Meat in Antiquity - A Long, long History

    Published: 12/10/2023

  12. Episode Swap! The Haloa Festival of Ancient Athens

    Published: 12/6/2023

  13. Ancient Egypt - Food of the Pharaohs, Dishes for the Afterlife, Feasts for Workers

    Published: 11/29/2023

  14. What have the Romans ever done for us? Food of Roman Britain

    Published: 11/24/2023

  15. Around the Ancient Roman Kitchen - Cooks, Bakers, Cheesemakers

    Published: 11/15/2023

  16. Avocado - A Controversial History

    Published: 11/8/2023

  17. Salt of the Earth -Secrets and Stories from a Greek Kitchen

    Published: 11/1/2023

  18. Bake Across Europe

    Published: 10/24/2023

  19. The Lost Supper - An Interview with Taras Grescoe

    Published: 10/18/2023

  20. Biryani - A Short History. (Bonus taster)

    Published: 10/11/2023

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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.