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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, 2025
1h 2m
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Naxos, Weeds, Cheese and Patience Gray
Aug 25
32m
Hello!
Welcome back to another adventure my curious archaeogastronomers!
Honey from a Weed, Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray is an iconic book about Mediterranean food, traditions centred around the simplest and most common dishes of everyday people.
Patience Gray was an English cookery and travel writer of the mid-20th century. Her two most popular books were Plats Du Jour (1957) – written with Primrose Boyd, about French cooking – and Honey From A Weed (1986), an account of the Mediterranean way of life.
In my opinion this book has to be more universally known and celebrated so here's a start. I will be coming back to explore the author's life and recipes in another episode!
For this episode I explore quickly a few recipes from the book that are Greek and a couple of them more from the island of Naxos.
I hope you'll enjoy!
My recommendations for the week include:
Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods
https://sarahlohman.com/endangered-eating-book/
The Ancient Magic of Malt: Making Malt Sugars and Ale from Grain Using Traditional Techniques:
https://exarc.net/issue-2021-2/at/ancient-magic-malt-making
Love & Fish Soup
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Sesame, Halva and Tahini: A Rich Complicated History
Aug 19
41m
Hello!
New episode is out and it's all about, the history of sesame seeds, their use in ancient cuisines, especially Greek, their symbolism and spread across the ancient world...And what is halva anyway?! Hint: Tahini & honey...
So today we are travelling to the source of sesame seeds in India, then to Ancient Mesopotamia, and Egypt, and we are examining ancient Greek desserts, and from there we are going all the way to China too!
We are also looking at the role that trade between Arabia-India-China played to the spread of goods in the ancient world.
Enjoy!
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Recipe of the week on a Sunday: Two Traditional Onion Recipes
Aug 16
13m
Hello! Welcome to the recipe of the week on a Sunday by The Delicious Legacy!
Two Greek recipes with onion as the star ingredient one way or another!
Enjoy!
Thom
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My Grandmother's slow cooked pork & pickled cabbage
Aug 13
16m
This is a recipe and a short story that I wrote about six years ago, which you'll find out listening as to what it is and why, I hope you will enjoy it!
Love,
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Macaroni and Cheese: Origins, Myths and History, from Ancient Rome to Renaissance
Aug 06
58m
Hello!
Brand new episode is out!
I’m talking with food historian Karima Moyer Nocchi. Earlier this year she published a brand new fascinating book titled THE EPIC HISTORY OF MACARONI AND CHEESE: FROM ANCIENT ROME TO MODERN AMERICA by Columbia University Press, which I devoured from start to finish. I was made aware late last year and I could not wait for its publication. So the honour talking with her and the excitement is even bigger than normally guys and girls!
Before we go to the interview with my excellent and erudite guest, let me make an exciting announcement …!
The online Serve it Forth Food History Festival will be returning on Saturday 17th of October 2026. Curated by the guild of food writers members and podcasters, historians, writers and all around hyper talented humans, Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery, Alessandra Pino alongside with me, Thom Ntinas. The festival will explore many different aspects of historical food featuring fascinating discussions and historical cookery demos. Details on the full line up will be coming soon but you can view the summary of the day’s “menu” on our website. https://serveitforthfest.wixsite.com/info/bill-of-fare
Let me just tell you that for our amuse bouche introduction course we have none other than the amazing food historian Eleanor Barnett! I’ll be exploring the diet and lifestyle of ancient olympians and gladiators in the Greek and Roman world with historian Alexandra Sills.
Tickets are available on eventbrite and I’ll put a link below:
My recommendations for the week:
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon – classical tragedy as a Celtic caper
American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity.
https://energiesmedia.com/solar-panels-farmland-crops-agrivoltaics/
The English Olive Co, the original english olive oil:
https://www.englisholive.co.uk/.
You can get Karima's book here:
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-epic-history-of-macaroni-and-cheese/9780231215312/
More about Karima:
https://www.theeternaltable.com/.
Love,
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Acquired Tastes: An Interview With James Chatto Part Two
Jul 28
39m
Hello!
Here's part two of my delightful conversation with James Chatto where we delve into the main characters of his fabulous book!
Enjoy!
Thom
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