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The Delicious Legacy

The Delicious Legacy

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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!


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  • Graviera stuffed aubergine leaves in tomato sauce

    Graviera stuffed aubergine leaves in tomato sauce
    Jan 25 2026

    Hello!


    New recipe of the week for you!

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    15 mins
  • Food Traditions of Taiwan -Interview with Cathy Erway

    Food Traditions of Taiwan -Interview with Cathy Erway
    Jan 21 2026

    Hello my curious archaeogastronomers!

    New episode is out for your delight!

    An interview with food writer Cathy Erway about the foodways and dishes from the beautiful island of Taiwan!


    Recommendations for the week:


    The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443027/the-library-of-ancient-wisdom-by-wisnom-selena/9780241519639


    The Ottoman History Podcast:

    https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/


    The Hungry Historians podcast:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2dd70WM8rXd2rMKepkbjwu


    Enjoy!


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    54 mins
  • Recipe of the Week 5: Soutzoukakia Smyrneika (Spicy meat balls from Smyrna)

    Recipe of the Week 5: Soutzoukakia Smyrneika (Spicy meat balls from Smyrna)
    Jan 17 2026

    Hello!


    Your recipe of the week on a Saturday is out! And what better dish than a Greek Sunday favourite?


    Izmir, Smyrni or Smyrna:

    One city, three names, a shared history of three thousand years! Being “born” in such a place, in the crossroads of trade, our recipe for “Soutzoukakia Smyrneika” or Izmir kofte encompasses spices valuable for trade and meat and ideas from East and West. And thus making a syncretic dish, delicious, luxurious and celebratory.




    Enjoy!

    Thom


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    13 mins
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