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New recipe of the week for you!

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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!

Love

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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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Hello!

Rhodes is a rich history island with a lush landscape and an illustrious past.

After the fall of Acre in 1291 CE, the Knights Hospitaller last stronghold in the East Med for the next two centuries was the island of Rhodes.

Rhodes is the biggest island of the Dodecanese complex, and place of trade in the eastern Mediterranean for more than three thousand years!

What is 'Souma', and 'Melekounia'? And how do the Rhodians use cyclamen in their cooking?

Let's find out about here food here!

Enjoy!

Thom

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Hello!

Happy weekend.

Here's our recipe of the week;

A Christmas pork stew from the island of Lesvos! I cannot quite shake away the Christmas feeling...!

Enjoy!

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Hello! New episode for all my hungry archaeogastronomers!

In Act 2, Scene 2 of the Merry Wives of Windsor Frank Ford says:

‘I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.’

Why do certain nationalities have close associations with certain foods? And what does this tell us about early modern English attitudes to foreigners? Was this something common across all strata of society?

One of the ways to explore these attitudes is to look at how foreigners are represented in plays particularly when it comes to food. I spoke to food historian and fellow podcaster Sam Bilton about this. Sam has recently released a cookbook called Much Ado About Cooking which looks at the food references in Shakespeare’s play.

On this episode then the above questions and a lot more regarding kitchen technology and implements of the time, measurements and terminology in the 16th Century, best recipes and dishes are answered. So join us onto another adventure through food and history!

Enjoy!

The Delicious Legacy

Recommendations of the week:

The UK Will Soon Be Home To The Largest Oyster Reef In Europe – As Four Million Oysters Are Being Dropped Into The North Sea As Part Of A Restoration Project To Help Restore Marine Ecosystems And Clean Water:

https://secretldn.com/uk-home-to-largest-oyster-reef-in-europe-norfolk-coast-restoration-project/#google_vignette

The importance of being malted: making malt and malt sugars from cereals in the Palaeolithic.

https://merryn.dineley.com/2025/12/the-importance-of-being-malted-making.html?m=1

The Meaning of Borsch:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ne63nGnDvTYgT2OFiayzf?si=c0b1449fe848458b

Love

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Hello!

Your recipe of the week is out!

Recommendations of the week:

Sarcophagus found at Church of St. Nicholas could be the tomb of “Santa Claus”:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/12/sarcophagus-found-at-church-of-st-nicholas-could-be-the-tomb-of-santa-claus/154084

Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508181-roman-occupation-of-britain-damaged-the-populations-health/

On contrarian history:

https://going-medieval.com/2025/11/25/on-contrarian-history/

Enjoy!

Much Love and Happy New Year to all!

The Delicious Legacy Podcast

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Hello!

Happy Christmas!

Here's your recipe of the week

this time from the beautiful Dodecanese island of Kalymnos!

Enjoy!

With music from Miltos Boumis

Love

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