189 Episodes

  1. Burmese Food Culture

    Published: 6/26/2024

  2. Medieval Table Manners and Food Hygiene

    Published: 6/19/2024

  3. Rice and the history of biryani; one dish that conquered the world!

    Published: 6/12/2024

  4. Myths and superstitions of tomato and potato's introduction in Greece and Europe

    Published: 6/5/2024

  5. Tselementes - The father of modern Greek Cuisine

    Published: 5/29/2024

  6. Food of the Aztecs Pt2

    Published: 5/22/2024

  7. The Foodways of the Aztec Empire Pt1

    Published: 5/17/2024

  8. History of Irish Food with Regina Sexton Pt2

    Published: 5/1/2024

  9. A History of Food Culture in Ireland with Regina Sexton Part 1

    Published: 4/24/2024

  10. A Short History of Ancient Mesopotamian Food (From the archives)

    Published: 4/17/2024

  11. The Cuisine of the Black Sea Greeks

    Published: 4/10/2024

  12. A Feta Fetish: Towards a better feta cheese for all

    Published: 4/3/2024

  13. From the archive: Traditional Easter Food in Orthodox Greece

    Published: 3/27/2024

  14. The birth of Modern Greek Cuisine

    Published: 3/20/2024

  15. A History of Food Waste and Preservation

    Published: 3/13/2024

  16. Honey: A sweet history. Food of the Gods, first food of Humankind

    Published: 3/6/2024

  17. Minoan Cuisine: The Foods of Bronze Age Crete

    Published: 2/28/2024

  18. A Short History of Pistachio

    Published: 2/21/2024

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

    Published: 2/14/2024

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

    Published: 2/7/2024

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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.