The Delicious Legacy

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138 Episodes

  1. Love of Smoke and Fire: A Short History of Barbecue!

    Published: 10/09/2024
  2. Knead To Know - A History of Baking

    Published: 03/09/2024
  3. Vinegar - A Sweet and Sour History

    Published: 27/08/2024
  4. A Short History of Pickles, Vinegar and Fermentation

    Published: 14/08/2024
  5. Food in the Ancient Olympic Games

    Published: 07/08/2024
  6. China in Seven Banquets Part2 -An Interview with Thomas DuBois

    Published: 31/07/2024
  7. China in Seven Banquets Part1 -An Interview with Thomas DuBois

    Published: 24/07/2024
  8. The Culinary Treasures of Persia: Part Two

    Published: 17/07/2024
  9. The Culinary Treasures of Persian Empire

    Published: 10/07/2024
  10. Burmese Food Culture

    Published: 26/06/2024
  11. Medieval Table Manners and Food Hygiene

    Published: 19/06/2024
  12. Rice and the history of biryani; one dish that conquered the world!

    Published: 12/06/2024
  13. Myths and superstitions of tomato and potato's introduction in Greece and Europe

    Published: 05/06/2024
  14. Tselementes - The father of modern Greek Cuisine

    Published: 29/05/2024
  15. Food of the Aztecs Pt2

    Published: 22/05/2024
  16. The Foodways of the Aztec Empire Pt1

    Published: 17/05/2024
  17. History of Irish Food with Regina Sexton Pt2

    Published: 01/05/2024
  18. A History of Food Culture in Ireland with Regina Sexton Part 1

    Published: 24/04/2024
  19. A Short History of Ancient Mesopotamian Food (From the archives)

    Published: 17/04/2024
  20. The Cuisine of the Black Sea Greeks

    Published: 10/04/2024

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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!Find all out, right here!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.

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