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The Delicious Legacy
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.
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Ancient Greek Music with Pavlos Kapralos
Jun 12
1h 2m
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Serve It Forth Food History Festival
Aug 13
5m
Hello!
Excited to announce the inaugural Serve it Forth Food History Festival! Serve It Forth is a new festival devoted to food & drink history curated by Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery, Thom Ntinas & Alessandra Pino.
Join us for Serve it Forth Food History Festival 2025 for a fantastic day of discussion, chat and learning about food history and traditions by getting your tickets here:
Find out more:
https://linktr.ee/serveitforthfest
See you soon for another archaeogastronomical adventure!
Thom & The Delicious Legacy
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The Discovery of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Aug 06
41m
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Hello my hungry archaeogastronomers!
Hope your summer is going well!
Here's another fantastic episode from the archives of The Delicious Legacy, 'Recipe Books Buried Under the Sand' where I unfold the exciting discovery of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri in the late 19th century by Grenfell and Hunt.
No one thought that these papyri -found in an ancient rubbish damp nonetheless- will unveil long lost classical literature and this was all very exciting!
In recent decades though, another area became the focus of the papyrologists and translators. The private and personal correspondence between the inhabitants of the city. Letters of love, desire, wishes and taxes, contracts plus lists all where made the focus of archaeologists. In them we have also discovered tiny tantalising morsels of ancient recipes, from famous chef of Antiquity, of the Classical Greek world.
What were their recipes, and what do they tell us about the people of ancient Hellenistic Egypt as well as their food, tastes and can we cook them today?
Let's find out on today episode!
Listen here.
Music by Pavlos Karpalos
Love,
Thom & The Delicious Legacy Podcast
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Spanish Food History - Extra bit
Aug 05
10m
A Short History of Breakfast in Britain Through the Ages, With Pen Vogler
Jul 30
40m
*** Exciting news announcement! ***
The first Serve it Forth Food History Festival will take place on Saturday 18th of October 2025.
Together with my food historians friends Dr Neil Buttery, Dr Alessandra Pino and Sam Bilton we have planned an exciting virtual day for you with talks inspired from past dinners, tables and places.
Join us by purchasing your tickets with 25% discount here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-forth-food-history-festival-2025-tickets-1490885802569?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
More info on our website here:
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Hello!
Welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure!
On today's episode my guest is the author of the critically acclaimed books "Scoff" and "Stuffed" and part time food historian Pen Vogler, and she is taking us to an exciting journey through the history of breakfast in UK.
What was the first breakfast? When did we start eating it? Why? And how different is breakfast through different social classes?
Join me through this exciting journey with Pen Vogler!
You can get Pen's books here:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/scoff/pen-vogler/9781786496492
Enjoy!
The Delicious Legacy
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From The Archives - A Journey Through Ancient Mediterranean Food
Jul 24
42m
Hello!
I'm excited to tell you that I am part of the Serve It Forth Food History Festival together with food historians Dr Neil Buttery, Sam Bilton and Alessandra Pino!
Together we will be live and online only, on Saturday 18th of October 2025 for our very first food history festival! Stay tuned with news about the subjects we will cover, our fantastic guests and ticket info! Subscribe to our mailing list here: https://mailchi.mp/625319c96f80/serve-it-forth-food-history-festival
You can also find us on Instagram and Bluesky
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OK today's episode is from the archives, and it's all about my interview with Culinary Historian Ursula Janssen.
A fascinating chat with archaeologist, culinary historian and historical cookbook author Ursula Janssen!
An all around brilliant talented human being then, that her passion is history and transmitting this through her ancient cooking!
Garum made of Barley. From middle east. In the Arab times.
Food of of Mesopotamia and Biblical Times.
The Arabic influence in European medieval cuisine.
And much more...!
Find some of her ancient recipes interpretation here:
https://www.youtube.com/@Ursulashistoricalrecipes
and all about the Trullo Cicerone experience here:
Happy listening!
The Delicious Legacy
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History of Spanish Food - An Interview with María José Sevilla
Jul 10
1h 2m
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She is a giant of the Spanish Food and Wine movement.... She probably single-handedly brought Basque Cuisine in the limelight of the English Speaking world...
María José Sevilla has worked for many years in the field of Food and Wine. She is a cook, a writer and a broadcaster who has been at the centre of the discovery of Spanish cuisine by chefs and food writers throughout the world.
Who best then, to tell me all about the long history of Spanish food and cuisine other than her?
We caught up into a chat in her home, discussing her new book "Delicioso: A History of Food in Spain" which you can order here:
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/delicioso
This is the first book in English to trace the history of the food of Spain from antiquity to the present day.
From the use of pork fat and olive oil to the Spanish passion for eggplants and pomegranates, María José Sevilla skilfully weaves together the history of Spanish cuisine, the circumstances affecting its development and characteristics, and the country’s changing relationship to food and cookery.
Enjoy!
Thom & The Delicious Legacy
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