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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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    Hello!


    This is part two of my conversation with the fantastic Anna Ansari about her book "Silk Roads" and the food of Central Asia.

    From Baku to Beijing!


    Origins, trade routes, influences, and what is the connecting thread behind it all?


    Plus a lot of personal stories, especially with melon! Personal dramas of melon!

    Find out more, here!


    You can buy Anna's book from my affiliate link at bookshop.org:


    https://uk.bookshop.org/a/17049/9780241694374


    Enjoy!

    Thom & The Delicious Legacy

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  • Batzina - An easy filo-less pie from Thessaly!

    Batzina - An easy filo-less pie from Thessaly!
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    Hello!


    Your recipe of the week on a Saturday is out!


    Thessaly. The flat and fertile land of Central Greece, famed since ancient times for their horses and cavalry that provided the strategic support for Alexander The Great's campaign on his conquest of the Persian Empire.

    Our task today -and recipe from the region- will be a lot easier than conquering a continent and subduing the world's mightiest empire! We just need to cook this delicious dish and eat it with family or friends.


    Let's find out how to make it, and the ingredients!


    Bon Appetit!


    Music by Miltos Boumis


    Enjoy,

    Thom & The Delicious Legacy

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    Melons. Spinach. Sheep tail fat.

    Spices. Bazaars. Enough tales to tantalise even the most incurious mind!


    Hello my curious archaeogastronomers!

    A new episode is here for your enjoyment!


    This time I have the great honour to have the fantastic Anna Ansari as my guest.

    We talk all about food, history and cultures of the cultures in Central Asia aka "Silk Roads" and her own personal story.

    I hope you'll enjoy this fantastic epic adventure!


    You can find Anna here on her website:

    https://www.annaansari.com/about

    And Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/thisplacetastesdelicious/?hl=en


    You can buy Anna's book from my affiliate link at bookshop.org:


    https://uk.bookshop.org/a/17049/9780241694374


    Lots of love

    Thom

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