The Delicious Legacy

Hello!On this exclusive episode for you, I'm discussing the music of the podcast, the themes written by my friend and musician Pavlos Kapralos. Over the past five years of the podcast I used a few of Pavlos's compositions, for my ancient Greek food themed episodes and for the Byzantium ones.Here we talk about his approach in creating the songs, his inspiration and what do we know of ancient Greek music: how it sounded, what instruments the ancients had and how do we recreate it today!Plus what is the Byzantine music? Both secular and church hymns, and how its the link between the ancient and modern folk music in the East.I hope you'll enjoy this different episode today!If you wanna listen to the whole episode, without adverts, then please subscribe to Supercast or Patreon:https://thedeliciouslegacy.supercast.com/#episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/thedeliciouslegacyPavlos's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pavloskapralos3969Love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello my curious & hungry archaeogastronomers!What is "oinos tethalassomenos" ? Where does one find the best eels?What was a highly regarded game meat?Let's discover a few of the many unknown delicacies of the ancient Greek world. What was in vogue? What was considered tasty, healthy and accessible to eat for the average citizen of the wider Greek world, two and a half thousand years ago?Ancient Greeks were quite the foodies.They recognised local specialities, and local food excellence appears to be an ancient Greek innovation, balanced by the equally novel idea that food preferences, also, vary from place to place. Several lists of local fine produce are quoted by Athenaeus, in Deipnosophistai, from texts of the sixth to fourth centuries BC.Moreover, importantly, they were also practical; the food was seasonal obviously, in the age before the huge global networks of fast transportation and just 2000 years shy of electrical refrigeration!So wine that needed to be sold and transported should be preserved and should taste good. As well as other perishable goods and foods too. So many innovations and styles were discovered.What unusual herbs, salads, pickles, fish and meat, were in vogue, beyond the standard ones of olive oil, olives, grapes, figs, sheep and goat? What were they and how these were consumed in ancient world?Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport The Delicious Legacy on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello my hungry archaeogastronomers!Humans always wondered why food spoils, what makes it go off, and how to preserve it for longer, and keep it nutritious and healthy. Along the millenia we devised many ingenious ways to make fresh food last, and taste good but also provide us with calories and nutrients.Nicolas Appert was not a scientist, but a former brewer who became steward to the duke Christian IV of Zweibrücken, then to the Duchess of Forbach, and thereafter became a confectioner. As he made the sweets that were preserved with sugar, he became obsessed with an idea: research into the keeping of foods that until now were considered highly perishable, such as milk, meat and green vegetables.A native of Chalons-Sur-Marne 1749 -1841 Appert is considered to have discovered the process of preservation by sterilization. No man is a prophet in his own country as the saying goes and so it was the Americans who were the first to call the process ‘appertizing'. He was at least officially declared a benefactor of humanity in 1822 by the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, but nonetheless died in poverty and was buried in a communal grave, like Molière before him. He made his methods common knowledge so that everyone could preserve food at home, and never bothered to take out a patent (which the Americans and English did not scruple to do on their own accounts). Preserving was basically a very simple business, once you had the idea. All you had to do, said Appert, wasFirst, enclose the substances you wish to preserve in bottles or jars; second, close the openings of your vessels with the greatest care, for success depends principally on the seal; third, submit the substances, thus enclosed, to the action of boiling water in a bain-marie for a period of longer or shorter duration, depending on their nature and the manner I shall indicate for each kind of foodstuff; fourth, remove the bottles from the bain-marie at the appropriate time. This method was to be the basis for all the preserved food produced on the planet, from industrial conveyor-belt lines to housewives bottling jars of garden produce in a home sterilizer. The drawback to glass was its fragility, and it was soon replaced by cans of welded tin-plate, used first by the Dutch for fish and then by the British for fruits preserved in syrup.Without him the history of canning and tinned food, would be perhaps a lot different, and the subject of today's episode not possible...So on today's episode I have a very special guest to tell me all about the history of one very specific, iconic and somewhat perhaps misunderstood tinned food: SPAM! Yes Spam! Dr Kelly Spring is the author of a brand new book that it is coming out this June in UK and July in the US about Spam, called “Spam - A global history”Kelly is a food historian and consultant and you can find more about her work and her services at theforkfront.com where they bring the past to life through food. She also has a food history podcast called Hungry Historians which you can find on Spotify. I'll put a link in the show notes with the podcast as well as her new book. Enjoy!!!Get a copy of the book here:https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/spamListen to Kelly's podcast here:https://open.spotify.com/show/2dd70WM8rXd2rMKepkbjwu?si=708838ac72d549c6Love and cheeseThom & The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!The Delicious Legacy has gone a bit drunk with the most snobby of drinks, champagne!On this weeks interview I've invited the author Becky Sue Epstein to tell me all about the fascinating history of Champagne. This fancy, fizzy wine from the north east of France, which became the staple of kings, queens royalty and the rich and famous all across the world! How and why?Let's find out here!The book "Champagne- A Global History" is out now by Reaktion Books and you can but it straight from their website here or Becky's websitehttps://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/champagne-2https://www.beckysueepstein.com/books/champagne-global-history/Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!Menus.These little pieces of paper, seem to be so obvious and ubiquitous today, not worth thinking about, no further certainly aside from the restaurant.The new book from Nathalie Cooke, disproves this notion wholeheartedly. It provides glimpses into the meals enjoyed by royalty and the rogues, food prepared for the great and the good, adults and children, and how they reflect changing notions of health and institutions should feed for nourishment or punishment.With lavish illustrations, this is an exquisite book, which will make you think deeply.Nathalie writes "Menus whet our appetites. They tell us stories. They open windows on our past. They are designed both to pique and satisfy our curiosity. But even more so Nathalie argues that are strategic documents. They shape the diners' choices and enhance their dining experience.Ultimately, the endeavour is to emphasize the persistence of key elements over time and across contexts despite the myriad variations in menu design."Tastes and Traditions asks not just what is on the menu, but what the menu is doing. One takeaway is that menus “do not always present their wares in a straightforward way; some go off the beaten path, becoming almost as important as the food itself.”Cooke argues that we, as modern readers of historical menus, experience these documents as artifacts, with hindsight, curiosity and often surprise...Enjoy our conversation!Find out more on how to win a copy of Tastes and Traditions here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/do-you-want-copy-129031460Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!What is a craft ale? Who's C.A.M.R.A? And what is a cask conditioned ale? What is the difference between a lager, a Pilsner, a bitter, a mild, and so on! The world of beer can be very confusing! All i want is to enjoy my beer with my friends in a cosy pub!The above are some important questions that you might have never thought about, but thanks to the guest of today's episode Jonny Garrett we have a lot of in-depth analysis and information clearing things a little. Beer is never far away in my thoughts nor physically: a pub is relatively close to wherever I am in UK. These are two of the quintessential elements of British life. But my reason for inviting Jonny on the podcast is that he has a new and award winning book out now, with an even more profound and important history regarding beer! The book is called The Meaning of Beer: An Alternative History of the World and explores how -as it was called in many occasions, liquid bread- it gave us nutrition, calories, social bonding, but inventions that went past the food world into medicine and literally saved the lives of millions of humans subsequently! Our understanding of germs started under the microscope of a man trying to work out why beer turned sour! How would our history be shaped if there wasn't beer in our lives for the past 13 thousand years?To find out, let's dive into today's episode!Buy a copy of the Fortnum & Mason award winning book here:https://www.davids-bookshops.co.uk/products/the-meaning-of-beer-an-alternative-history-of-the-world-by-jonny-garrett-pre-orderJonny's Beer YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TheCraftBeerChannelOh and some lovely news: AUDIO WINNER at Fortnum and Mason Food and Drinks awards was the Comfortably Hungry podcast for the episode "The Culinary Creativity of the Enslaved"won my friend, colleague, Presenter & Producer: Sam Bilton! This is a podcast that I'm working on in a sound mixing capacity and I'm really happy for Sam I thoroughly enjoyed this season!https://www.fortnumandmason.com/food-and-drink-awards-winnersMuch love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!Wine was always central in the life of Ancient Greeks. Both on day to day basis, but also as foundational myths part of the story of being Greeks, their ancient and mythical past and the sacred lores of Gods. For instance take this line from the mythical battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs."For when Pirithous wooed Hippodamia he feasted the centaurs because they were her kinsmen. But being unaccustomed to wine, they made themselves drunk by swilling it greedily, and when the bride was brought in, the attempted to violate her. But Pirithous, fully armed with Theseus, joined the battle with them, and Theseus killed many of them" -Zenobious, Centauromachy, V33Please enjoy this wine-soaked archaeogastronomical and mythical adventure in the wine history of Ancient Greece!Thanks to Pavlos Kapralos for his music.The A is For Apple Podcast episode that I've appeared is here:https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pQrdCPC32VCgsSgunH7jk?si=4001fb78b92646bdThe Europeans podcast I made a guest appearance is here:https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DqFL6863dmytM3oxYg5x9?si=666ec898ce7e4d5bSupport the podcast with one off donations on Ko-Fi here:https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcastSupport 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.

Hello!New episode for you my lovelies!My interview with the lovely Jenny Linford, all about her new book, which is out on the 24th of April, Repast The Story of Food by the British Museum and Thames & Hudson.Get the book here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/repast-british-museum/jenny-linford/9780500481158xMuch love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Italian food: What comes to mind first when you hear this? A Neapolitan pizza, warm with bubbly tomato sauce and mozarella? A cotoletta alla Milanese, or a Roman cacio e pepe pasta? A lovely bottle of chianti wine or a pasta pesto?But for all our knowledge -or lack of - how did the food of the Italian peninsula came to be? And why it become so popular?In his new book, "Al Dente - A History of Food in Italy" Fabio Parasecoli writes "Foodies are enraptured by its endless diversity and its capacity to intrigue and to always offer something new and ‘hot'. Tourists and travellers, often pleasantly surprised by their meals and the warm manners that surround them, end up projecting healthy amounts of romanticism on to dishes and ingredients, enriching Italian food with their own desires and longings. Writers also do their bit to perpetuate the myth..."So who's better to explain the food history of Italy and what it means other than Fabio Paresecoli himself?Let's listen to him, today!The paperback edition of the book is out on 1st of May and you can pre-order here:https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/al-denteFind more about Fabio on his website here:https://fabioparasecoli.com/about/EnjoyThom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello and welcome back to another culinary adventure my curious and hungry archaeogastronomers!How, when and why the first potatoes were domesticated? Who were the people who did it?The tough, inhospitable terrain, the extreme climate and the improbably high altitude plateau of the Andean altiplano is the home of the potato. A tuber that was a staple of the diet of the Andean people for thousands of years; then went not only to conquer the world, but be the friend of peasants, farmers, poor people too and save millions from starvation around the world! How did that come about? And what was the genius systems of the Incas that helped grow this amazingly tasty and nutritious food?Let's find out on today's epic adventure!Recommendations for the week:The Puratos Sourdough Libraryhttps://www.questforsourdough.com/puratos-libraryPeople | Planet | Food, a Scigest podcast series exploring the intersection of sustainability, agriculture, and our global food system.https://www.plantandfood.com/en-nz/people-planet-foodCradle of Gold:The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchuhttps://www.christopherheaney.net/cradle-of-gold/descriptionEnjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!The island of Corfu was legendary since the homeric times for it's agreeable climate and the lush green forests. Food was abundant and the inhabidants wealthy.So what's the traditional food of Corfu and the influnces in the island?And how come and it has over five million olive trees and almost a million of them centuries and centuries old?Let's find on todays episode!With music from Pavlos KapralosThe Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!In today's episode with have an Interview with Dr Christina Wade, author of the newly release book "Filthy Queens - A History of Beer in Ireland."Irish stories, myths and legends are full of spirits and ghosts. The history of beer in Ireland is no different; many of these shadowy echoes are still reverberating in the modern brewing history. Beer and ale can bring us together, and importantly understand the past, our past, better, as well as bring us closer to our ancestors, who also drunk beer. And they did so to celebrate, commiserate and of course to socialise with friends and family just as we do.But beer has a secret. For centuries, women brewers remained key participants in the beer trade, up to the Industrial Revolution when increased mechanisation, alongside Victorian societal constraints, conspired to push a lot of them out. This was true in England, and many other places and it is no different for Ireland. Saints, nuns, wives, queens; the stories of Irish women and ale are countless.Join me today as I talk with Dr Christina Wade about her latest book Filthy Queens A History of Beer in Ireland, to find out more of the amazing history of women brewers of the Emerald Isle!You can buy the book here:https://ninebeanrowsbooks.com/en-gb/products/filthy-queensand Dr Wades substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-151378197This week's recommendations:Musician and poet of ancient music Bettina Joy De Guzman:https://www.bettinajoydeguzman.com/https://www.youtube.com/@bettinajoydeguzman1981The Ancient Crops We've Forgotten How to Grow:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFT4PC8YIQ&t=3sJonny Garrett:https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/authors/jonny-garretthttps://www.waterstones.com/book/the-meaning-of-beer/jonny-garrett/9781838959944Enjoy!Much love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

"The monks say the divine flavour befits quiet seclusion.The abundant fluttering leaves become a welcome guest.They would send a package to my prefectural office,But the brick well and copper stove would ruin itscharacter.Worse yet, the spring teas from Meng Mountain andGuzhuSealed in white clay, stamped in red, they travel dustyroads.If you want to know the pure cooling taste of milky buds,You must be one who sleeps in clouds and squats on rocks."These are the words of the early ninth-century poet Liu Yuxi. After drinking tea with Buddhist monks on a mountain, Liu contemplates the tragedy of taking a parcel of tea home with him...Hello! Welcome back to another episode of The Delicious Legacy, my hungry and curious archaeogastronomers!I'm Thom Ntinas and this is a short history of Tea. The world's most thirst-quenching liquid after water!Enjoy!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.

Lenten fasting became law at the Council of Aix in 837AD. Charlemagne was determined to see that it was observed, by force if necessary. Any baptised Lombard or Saxon chieftain who failed to do proper penance had his head cut off, an uninviting prospect for any budding Christian!Hello,Enjoy this updated version of an older episode about feasting and fasting in the desert nearly 2000 years ago from the first Christian fathers, the monks who made the religion of Christianity what it is.How did they live, survive and thrive? What did they eat? And how this strict lifestyle evolved to monasticism as we know it in Europe medieval period?All the above and much more, with recipes from the past in this updated marathon episode!Enjoy!Music by Pavlos KapralosThe Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!How did the ancient Greeks and Romans ate turnip? And what was the position of this vegetable at the dinner table? How important was it?And what the heck is a skirret, how do you cook it and why did we stop cultivating it on a large scale?All this and more on this weeks episode!This week's recommendations areA is For Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s2e2-b-is-for-buttery-bistro-bournville/id1743840806?i=1000691341726Kentwell medieval gardenshttps://www.kentwell.co.uk/Charlie Taverner Street Foodhttps://charlietaverner.com/street-food/Chiara Vigo: The last woman who makes sea silk:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33691781Music on this episode by Pavlos Kapralos and Miltos BoumisEnjoy!Much love,ThomSupport 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.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!A new episode is out!"Aedepsus in Euboea, where the baths are, is a place by nature every way fitted for free and gentle pleasures, and withal so beautified with stately edifices and dining rooms, that one would take it for no other than the common place of repast for all Greece. Here, though the 'earth and air yield plenty of creatures for the service of men, the sea no less furnisheth the table with variety of dishes, nourishing a store of delicious fish in its deep and clear waters."So Plutarch tells us in his book, Moralia.How much fish did the ancient Greeks eat? Was it popular? Expensive? What are the surviving recipes?Let's explore on this episode the story of fish eating in the ancient Greek World!Music by Pavlos KapralosLove,Thom & The Delicious Legacy podcastSupport 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.

Hello!A brand new episode for your delight!How does one deconstruct a meal to it's historical components? What is the truth behind the myths of a dish, the stories we tell about its origins, and how interconnected is the world's history with the cuisines, the spices, the ingredients we use on each country of ours?On this episode I interviewed Andreas Viestad, about his book "Dinner in Rome- A History of The World in One Meal". A meal in a restaurant in Rome, can provide all the inspiration that one needs to travel though millennia of human history and across the oceans in search for the ingredients that constitute the meal.Andreas Viestad's book is out now from Reaktion books and you can get it here:https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/dinner-in-romeIf you want access to the bonus bits of this episode, please join me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/thedeliciouslegacyMuch love,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!New week, new episode for you!We are soon approaching the period that is in Greek Orthodox (and not only) Church the Big Lent! Forty days of fasting before the Holy Week (more and severe fasting here!) and Easter Sunday.The abstinence of meat and dairy products it's something that the first monks practised; some of them for many years. Slowly, gradually these solemn personal "traditions" of how to step closer to God, Jesus, or saintliness, passed down to the canon of the Church and many monasteries all over the Christian world followed some sort of fasting rules throughout the year. Some with more rigour and fanatical devotion to meagre portions of food than others. So the question I had all this time in my mind was "what did the monks eat throughout the year and where they've found their produce?"Let's explore all this and more on today's episode!Also, this week's recommendations:"Localizing 4000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt":https://elephantine.smb.museum/?lang=enWhy 5 Of The World's Priciest Salts And Spices Are So Expensivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Myw4fYyBMAbundance London:https://abundancelondon.com/Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!For this bonus episode I've interviewed the author and food historian Priscilla Mary Işın about her delightful book "Bountiful Empire - A History of Ottoman Cuisine" which is out now!I hope you'll enjoy our chat, trying to untangle the different strands of the origins of the Ottoman Cuisine through the centuries, and explore the myriad dishes, with vegetables, cheeses, sweets, and savoury.You should buy the book is so so good!https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/bountiful-empireFor bonus chat please go to my Patreon page.https://www.patreon.com/thedeliciouslegacyMuch love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Delicious Legacy!I'm your greedy archaeogastronomer Thomas Ntinas and I welcome you to my smoky and heavily perfumed with spices kitchen! Another adventure beckons!On today's episode we are travelling to South America and explore the connection between food and revolution! Food always of course played a part in the prosperity of the common people and the nation as a whole. The balance in South America was and still is more precarious in what it means for the people to have control of the means and distribution of their sustenance. What is the national food that needs to be seen to be abundant to all strata of the society?For that reason I enlisted the ever knowledgable Dr Alessandra Pino to explain this to me while eating some arepas, the national dish of her homeland of Venezuela!Dr. Alessandra Pino is an expert in the intersections of the Gothic, food, and cultural memory. Born in Hampstead, London, to an Italian mother and a Venezuelan father, she grew up across several countries. She spent nearly a decade working with a Michelin-starred chef. Her research and publications cover topics such as food, cultural memory, the supernatural and the Gothic. She regularly contributes to Haunted Magazine and is the co-author of A Gothic Cookbook, which explores food themes and motifs in classic and contemporary Gothic novels from the 19th century to the present day. She is the writer, producer, and co-host of A is for Apple Podcast, which investigates the history of food, and Fear Feasts, a podcast that analyses the horror genre through the lens of food. She lectures at RomancingtheGothic.com and is a member of the Guild of Food Writers. For more information, visit Alessandra's website: www.alessandrapino.com A Gothic Cookbook is out now! UK order: Unbound websiteUS order: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing PodcastsListen to Fear Feasts hereListen to A is for Apple here Upcoming publications Palgrave Handbook of Literary Memory StudiesEnjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!New episode is out for you to enjoy!Today's guest is Neil Ridley and will delve into the story of crisps, why we love them and what's the kernel of truth behind the stories of its origin.This week's recommendation is the Guardian article "the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours by Amelia Teit"link:https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/02/the-weird-secretive-world-of-crisp-flavoursLove,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Oh hello!The second part of our adventure in Ottoman food culture is here for all to enjoy!On today's episode we will talk about coffee, salep and street food in Istanbul. What are imarets, what was the social life for people across the Empire, and what was the of raki-drinking and meze-eating?My recommendations for this week include Claudia Romeo's youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@claudia-romeoDr Eleanor Janega's and Matt Lewis's History Hit's Gone Medieval, their episode Gone Medieval Goes Wassailing! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DdRLwR5CqlyS5mmdrykKw?si=3714e6ee9db1495bAnd finally the book by Moudhy Al-Rahid titled Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History scheduled for release in February 20th: https://www.waterstones.com/book/between-two-rivers/moudhy-al-rashid/9781529392128Enjoy,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!What were the origins of the Ottoman Cuisine? What were the influences behind?And how the Roman and Greek history influence the Sultan and the Palace alongside the cuisine of the upper classes?If you went to Istanbul in the late 15th or 16th century what would be the "go-to" food?Join me on Part One, for an epic adventure through the centuries exploring the foods, the drinks, the dishes and the ingredients of the rich and tasty Ottoman cuisine!Friday will be the release of Part Two so stay tuned!This week's recommendations include Sam Bilton's podcast Comfortably Hungry new episode Soy, The book by author Rachel Laudan Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History:https://www.amazon.com/Cuisine-Empire-Cooking-History-California/dp/0520286316And Jenny Linford's news that she has three books about food out this Spring! Hurray!More here: https://jennylinford.co.uk/For an updated reading listing, selected bibliography and source for this episodes, join me on Patreon:www.patreon.com/thedeliciouslegacy Love,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!On this bonus episode today, I'm sharing with you my personal details of food, cooking and journey through food I had as a young child, teenager, young adult and beyond with the food, the cooking adventures and all that happened to me that shaped me and brought me here with you, passionate about food, history and curious about global gastronomy!It a lot more intimate than I thought it would be although it doesn't feel like it should be! A strange sensation not sure how to describing exactly.My friends and family of course know about this so it's not that weird to share it with the wider world!In any case I hope you'll enjoy this and see you again next week, for a proper epic archaeogastronomical adventure!Please join me on Patreon, or BlueSky, the rest, well I'm trying to quit twitter, instagram and facebook so...!Have a great weekend!xThe Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!This is one from the archives, updated and with added bonus content from the year 2022!My interview with author and beer historian Pete BrownEnjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Happy New Year and a Happy New Season of The Delicious Legacy Podcast!Pubs. I love them! Who doesn't?Culturally and socially important spaces throughout the centuries, more so the past two hundred years.We mourn when one has closed down. We regularly hear about their supposed demise now or in the near future. But pubs, inns, taverns, alehouses, have been part of the fabric of life in these Isles since early medieval times.They are everywhere and ever evolving in nature.On today's episode I have invited the esteemed buildings archaeologist James Wright to explain a little bit behind the myths, mysteries and misunderstandings about the institution that is the British Pub!How did you order and got served your beer in the 17th century pub? And what's a "buttery hatch"?What are some of the most prevalent myths about the oldest pub in England? Why these stories keep persisting?How did the pub started in the Medieval period and how does it differ to the pub we know today?These and many more subjects you'll find on today's episode all about the history of our beloved pubs!You can find more about James's work here:https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/blogs/In search of Britain's oldest pubhttps://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/britain-england-oldest-pub-where-how-identify/You can purchase his book here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/historic-building-mythbusting/james-wright/9781803994475Love,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Merry Christmas my lovely archaeogastronomers!The second bonus episode of this Christmas season is out!Just less than a week now till Christmas day, this is a special one, with friends of the podcast -and fellow podcasters- plus food historians, Neil Buttery, Sam Bilton, Brigitte Webster and Ali Pinotalking to me about their favourite historic Christmas recipe!What do they like preparing, eating and sharing with friends and family and why?Let's find out here!Plus, I'm in the kitchen, preparing a bunch of traditional Christmassy things! English such as Christmas Pudding, mince pies, and Smoking Bishop and the famous Greek melomakarona of my childhood!Have a lovely time off, with health and happiness for all your families and loved ones!Listen to Sam's Comfortably Hungry Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iSZMea3TBwMx1tZ1c9rN7?si=f2b5705dd1b14b12To listen to Neil Buttery's podcast, go here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5dJzPk1ux4b4o8Q9s2L7m6?si=4dd7111b1dde40acAnd for Ali's podcast go here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5IV7dms3DLxrVF81zj6ZRY?si=5c63b4da75174237Much love as always,ThomSupport 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.

"Capons, hens, beside turkeys, geese, and ducks, beside beef and mutton must all die for the great feast; for in twelve days a multitude of people will not be fed with a little! Now plums, and spice, sugar and honey, square it among pies and broth...Youth must dance and sing and the aged sit...and if the cook do not lack wit, he will sweetly lick his fingers..."Hello and welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure!Christmas time in nearly upon us! And what better way to start the celebrations, other than an episode about the Christmas food traditions of the Tudor era?We are not quite in modern times yet, we are short of out of the Medieval time, the world is expanding with Europeans travelling East- West and South all over the Atlantic in the Americas and bringing back strange new foods!So what did the English eat then and how the common folk and aristocracy celebrated during these troublesome times?For this reason I invited back Tudor food expert Brigitte Webster to tell us all about the food of the Tudor Christmas Table!You can get Brigitte's fantastic book here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eating-Tudors-Recipes-Brigitte-Webster/dp/1399092596Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Have you heard of Avgotaraho and Trahana?Two very different, interesting ingredients and dishes from Greece's vast menu.Let me take you into a journey with the nomadic transhumanism shepherds of the Balkans and down to the labyrinthine lagoons and wetland of West Greece in Messolonghi where Lord Byron made a heroic last stance giving his life for Greece's independence and freedom.There a part of what used to be called Roumeli region, from around November through April, it is the season for lavraki (sea bass), the rockfish govios (goby), and a small local shrimp, roughly an inch long, that is fried and eaten whole. November also marks the beginning of the saltwater eel season, which is a very important local fish commercially—most of it is exported directly to Italy, and there much of it is consumed in Comoccio, south of Venice, where eel is the national dish...Well today's episode is all about them, their history, lineage and how they are made and eaten! Listen, get hungry and repeat! :-)Enjoy!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.

London.Mid eighteenth century.A busy, raucous city, capital of a growing economic power.Wars abroad. Art, theatre, music. Plotting.What better symbol of English manliness, in the face of all the difficulties, winning against all enemies, than beef?And what better meal than a steak? And where do you get your steak with your mates and your cigars and your politics and plotting?Welcome to the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, on of the most prestigious private members clubs in the history of private clubs!Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

FROM THE ARCHIVESWelcome back to another episode! An exclusive interview with author, food writer and all around brilliant human Sejal Sukhadwala, where we talk about Indian food, Indian history, the word curry, and the spread of said food but also Indian cuisine around the world and especially UK. We've met at the British Library Member's Area -hence the background chatter- and talking for nearly two hours about the long story of Indian food.Since starting this podcast over two years now, I've covered many many topics from the ancient world. But I've never ventured in great detail in India's past, to examine her vast, rich cuisine and history into any detail. Of course we know the ancient Greeks and Romans had trade networks in land and on sea that stretched to the Indian subcontinent, and there was a complex and interconnected commerce of spices, of many expensive ingredients used in the ancient Greek and Roman cuisine. Chiefly pepper, black and long pepper, but also cinnamon and ginger and various others. Some of the world's earliest civilizations rose and fell in the Indian subcontinent long before the Greeks wrote and spread the Homeric epics. But what do we know of the Indian culinary history? What do we know of their foods and ancient recipes? Did the complex mix of religions over the millennia and especially with Hinduism and later on Buddhism played a significant role in the diet of the people?Have many things survived? What's the lineage that connects the past inhabitants of this vast land to the present day? Many of our staples today and some of the most popular vegetables and fruits have their origins in India. Cucumbers and aubergines are two prime examples. Sugar from sugarcane first is mentioned in ancient India of 1000BCE as we've seen in the episode of the podcast with Dr Neil Buttery a couple of months ago…Well I'm very happy to say that I have a very esteemed guest on today's episode to talk to us about many aspects of the complex and often misunderstood cuisine! Today's episode will be a sort of introduction to the world of Indian cooking and I hope in the near future to explore a lot more in depth and detail the fragrant sweet and savoury character of the food from ancient times till the modern age of spice trade with the English Portuguese and Dutch…Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello my lovely archaeogastronomers!Today we'll explore the traditional Greek charcuterie, how is it made, what meat is used, and what continuation and connection has with the Byzantine and the ancient past.I grew up eating bacon, ham, salami (danish style, milano style) and not much in the more traditional local Greek charcuterie. We were never famed for it in our modern cuisine as one knows Greek salad, feta cheese, pastitsio, souvlaki, moussaka etc...I was curious: We don't do at all our unique preserved meats? And if so, why? And if it exists, why I don't know about it? I must taste it!What is "Syglino", "Apaki" or Pasturmas?Anyway let's find out of the unique smoked, salted, and matured meat preparations of Ionian Islands, of Peloponnese, Macedonia, Cyclades, Thrace and Crete!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.

Volcanoes...Ancient sacred rituals...Cheese matured at the bottom of wine barrels. Cheese steeped in olive oil for months. Today's adventure in the eastern Aegean islands of Greece, is an unusual one.The islands have their own unique, unusual and tasty cheeses that defy specific categorizations.Greece. Cheese.What can possibly else be said?Enjoy today's adventure!This weeks recommendations include:A YouTube lecture from Professor Tate Paulette:"Fermentation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Beer, Bread and More Beer":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDva-HQmLUoAnd his book is out soon and it's called, "In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia" , link to get it here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Ninkasi-History-Ancient-Mesopotamia/dp/0197682448/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LACZB9Y4597H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D8RjokggtN32jESMm27WyQ.FotreWbyENYZGO3fXGoHZ7LODlxcIb5sEFoKLfMWR0M&dib_tag=se&keywords=In+the+Land+of+Ninkasi%3A+A+History+of+Beer+in+Ancient+Mesopotamia&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1730400252&s=books&sprefix=in+the+land+of+ninkasi+a+history+of+beer+in+ancient+mesopotamia+%2Cstripbooks%2C84&sr=1-1An interesting project to map ancient roads, shipwrecks on modern topographic maps:Putting human past on the MAPS:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/06/harvard-digital-atlas-plots-patterns-from-history-ancient-and-modern/Isaac Rangaswami Wooden City a newsletter about London.https://woodencity.substack.com/The Hollow and the Whole — Picking Apples at Nightingale Cider in Tenterden, Kenthttps://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/03/20/the-hollow-and-the-whole-nightingale-cider-katie-matherA Slice of Cheese podcast with Jenny Linford from FoodFM Radio.https://open.spotify.com/show/2weTJIKyG5XqQ04qFfwPUv?si=5b08742d7c5f4e6eThanks for listening and reading!LoveThe Delicious Legacy PodcastSupport 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.

Hellenistic Egypt: A land of opportunity. A rich, ancient, fertile land where anything is possible.Hello! Welcome back to another episode of The Delicious LegacyBustling and busy cities with their markets and food stalls, and sellers hollering theirs goods isn't a new phenomenon exclusive to our metropolis of New York or London. These markets and people existed as long as cities existed!But how these markets were organised in the ancient Mediterranean? What did they sell? How did they smell, who could trade and where in the city were they?Well let's find out on the latest episode where we explore a particular market of a town that we have so much information -found quite literally in the rubbish- written by her own inhabitants, at the time they were alive!I'm talking of course of the City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish, or as we know it , 'Oxyrhynchos', and the episode today is based on the book of Peter Parsons.Enjoy!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.

From Neolithic hunter-gatherers, to ordering food via an app on our phone and getting delivered with our groceries the English Table went through an extraordinary travel.For access on the extra content subscribe on my Patreon page...Food writer legend. Award winning author. Editor at Penguin Publishing. The lady is extraordinary!Elizabeth David and Jane Grigson. Two names that might not resonate as much with today's audience as they should, but significantly their food writing in the 60's & 70's created the genre that led to everyone from Delia Smith to Nigella Lawson today. They are perhaps the two most important cookbook authors and recipe writers (amongst many other things they did) of post-world war two Britain -and indeed very influential in the English speaking world-, in shaping how modern books about recipes and food are written; how the subject of food is seen as inclusive of many people from diverse backgrounds with the act of cooking and putting food on the table for a family and friends (regardless of social class or level of experience with cooking)Anyway find out more about her life, and her new book and English food here!The book is out on November the 4th: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-english-tableMusic by Pavlos Kapralos:Much love,The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Fermented food is literally everywhere.Why do we love fermented foods so much? When did we start making them intentionally and crucially are they good for us?Today's special guest on the podcast is James Read, author of the book "Of Cabbages & Kimchi"James Read is on a mission to smuggle bacteria into our kitchens. In Of Cabbages & Kimchi, he takes the ten greatest ‘living' ferments – fermented foods that are neither cooked nor pasteurized – and places them under the microscope, before cooking with them in all their delicious versatility.From the fiery funk of kimchi to the velvet tang of kefir, James describes the microbial process, then shares his recipes for recreating these wonders in your own kitchen. Alongside his recipes, James investigates the extraordinary cultural and historic backgrounds of fermented foods, exploring how the microbes that bring them to life have developed alongside our culinary evolution.So I went into his house yesterday and had a lovely chat about his favourite fermented foods. We also tried some lovely home-made kimchi, soy sauce and tepache drink the Mexican slightly sweet slightly sour fermented beverage!Find out more about James and order his book here: https://jamesreadwriter.com/He is also on Instagram as @jamesreadwritesEnjoy our conversation and if you have any questions or recommendations do let me know!The Delicious Legacy 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.

Hello!Sushi and sashimi are now global sensations. But how sushi begun? The book Oishii reveal the deep history of sushi which began perhaps in China and mostly as a sour fermented food.On this episode i have the honour to have as a guest Professor Eric C Rath of the University of Kansas to explain to us the history of sushi in Japan and how it conquered the world!Our discussion is based of course on his 2021 book "Oishii: The History of Sushi" which is rather lovely and detailed and is out now by Reaktion Books.Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!In any discussion of French cheese, it is impossible to avoid that exasperated question from President De Gaulle "how can you govern a country that has more than 246 varieties of cheese?"I'm Thom Ntinas and this is The Delicious Legacy Podcast!This week, continuing our adventure with Ned, we taste and explore through the cheeses some forgotten corners of France and French history for that matter.Mons cheesemonger for the best French cheese: https://mons-cheese.co.uk/Salers cheese from Auvergne: https://www.cheese.com/salers/José Bové, farm union leader from Larzac to MEP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1riGwPStcPoPatrick Rance: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013fm7gEnjoy!Book recommendation of the week is Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation(Soy Sauce, Miso, Sake, Mirin, Amazake, Charcuterie)and you can find it on Amazon etc.Podcast recommendation Sam Bilton's "Comfortably Hungry" podcast, new season, Dark Food is out now. You can listen here the first episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5K3H51ujWsu33S39vKb0E8?si=fa632f073ece4be2See you again next week!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.

Cheese: A story of place and people. How is that cheese is so universal, yet so unique from one little place to the next few miles down the road? Ned went for an adventure all over France to find an answer on "what is French Cheese?" and "why do we love it so much?" while looking for the most representative cheeses that tell this story.Along the way, he discovered many more extraordinary and surprising details about the history of the villages, cheesemakers and cheesemongers of France.How do some of them still clinging on, on their traditional ways? On mountaintops, through rainy autumns. harsh winters or spring and summer?What cheese and revolution have to tell us about the making of a nation?Ned's book is extraordinary, fascinating and full of individual powerful characters, as pungent and sophisticated at the same time as the cheeses that they create!Join us on the first part of the interview today, to find out the history of French Cheese, and it's survival through the industrial and technological revolutions until this day.Ned's book is out on Thursday 3rd of October and you can get it on all good bookshops, plus you can order it online:https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-cheesemongers-tour-de-france/ned-palmer/9781788166935Enjoy!ThomSupport 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.

Hello!Autumn! The weather's finally turning and it's time to prepare the pickles, preserves and chutneys with the abundance of summer harvest!But what did our ancestors do to prepare for the long cold, dark northern winter months ahead? How did they survive the scarce food resources of Europe's dormant nature?What traditions and superstitions persisted through the ages?What food was eaten in Michaelmas and Martinmas important celebrations of the autumn season?Let's find out on this week's episode!This weeks recommendations are:A Is for Apple Podcast with Neil Buttery, Sam Bilton and Alessandra Pino.https://open.spotify.com/show/4wpXiAoQUoFkeE0YgsT6qx?si=27666b362d434872Dr Alessandra Pinos new book, "A Gothic Cookbook"https://unbound.com/books/a-gothic-cookbookAnd Vittles which has a wealth of food related articles and restaurant reviews and recommendations:https://www.vittlesmagazine.comEnjoy!As ever, music by Pavlos Karpalos.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.

Hello!Welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure!Today's episode is all about ancient vegetarianism.And the philosopher Pythagoras is the central figure on all the stuff we talk today.Pythagoras, the father of mathematics, was born and raised in Samos. around 580BCE. Even though Pythagoras spent more than forty years in his birthplace, he eventually decided to set sail for new seas; his thirst for knowledge led him to travel throughout most of the then known world, most notably Egypt and Babylon, centres of wisdom knowledge and secret mystical rites, before settling down to Croton, a town in Magna Graecia, modern Southern Italy.Notes for some names dropped:Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE) was a Peripatetic philosopher who was Aristotle's close colleague and successor at the Lyceum. He wrote many treatises in all areas of philosophy, in order to support, improve, expand, and develop the Aristotelian system. Of his few surviving works, the most important are Peri phytōn historia (“Inquiry into Plants”) and Peri phytōn aitiōn (“Growth of Plants”), comprising nine and six books, respectively.Aulus Gellius (c. 125 – after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome.Ovid (born March 20, 43 bce, Sulmo, Roman Empire [now Sulmona, Italy]—died 17 ce, Tomis, Moesia [now Constanṭa, Romania]) was a Roman poet noted especially for his Ars amatoria and Metamorphoses. Vetch: A member of the pea family, Fabaceae, which forms the third largest plant family in the world with over thirteen thousand species. Of these species, the bitter vetch, was one of the first domesticated crops grown by neolithic people. There are many different vetch species, the purple flowered varieties are all safe to eat.Music Credits:Pavlos Kapraloshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1AThanks for listening!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!When did the word 'Barbecue' appeared in our language?As a technique it has been used under various guises from all humans, throughout the planet...This early appearance from 1709: I have been often in their Hunting-Quarters, where a roasted or barbakued Turkey, eaten with Bears Fat, is held a good Dish;Or this from 1707 "The Three Pigs of Peckham, Broiled Under an Apple Tree"...the white folks of Peckham, Jamaica, had “their English appetites so deprav'd and vitiated” by rum that they desired “a Litter of Pigs nicely cook'd after the West Indian manner.” Three hogs were placed on a wooden frame over coals, and “the best part of the town of Peckham” turned out to watch and to eat, “expressing as much Joy in the Looks and Actions, as a Gang of wild Cannibals who, when they have taken a Stranger, first dance round him, and afterwards devour him.”Can we say that every technique that uses fire and smoke, even if it's spit roasting or grilling to a degree, constitutes a barbecuing technique? And what is that we find so attractive so convivial?Listen, and get hungry!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Have you ever wondered how common or rare the ovens once were? What was the original mince pie? And what was the first EVER bread humankind invented?Hello!Welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure!Today I have as a guest an old friend of the podcast; Dr Neil Buttery and we have a good long chat about his new book, all about baking!The book will be released on 12th of September and our interview today will give you a taste of the subjects covered in the book as well some of our favourite baked goods, and myths that are baked in our societies and have to do with the discovery of certain items!You can pre-order 'Knead to Know' here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/knead-to-know/neil-buttery/9781837731213Neil has also another book ready for publishing, for The British Library, called "The Philosophy of Puddings" which is released on 24th of October!and you can find it here:https://shop.bl.uk/products/the-philosophy-of-puddingsEnjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

What is with vinegar? Why it is so popular as an ingredient in our cooking?Why do we love the sour taste so much when mixed in our dishes?In the ancient Mediterranean vinegar was practically always made from wine, hence the epic epithet oininon oxos 'winy vinegar' employed by Archestratus.Vinegar is most often used as a culinary ingredient and as a preservative. Numerous medicinal uses are listed by ancient physicians. A vinegar and water mixture, known in Greek as oxykraton, was also used medicinally. A very similar mixture, flavoured with herbs, formed a popular cheap drink (Latin posca, Greek oxos and later phouska)Music by Pavlos Kapralos.Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Pickled food through the ages and continents!We will go to the ancient lands of China, India, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, and through them to Persia, the Arab world, Spain and Latin America!I think a history of civilization is a history of pickles, and fermentation!Without fermentation we wouldn't have beer, wine, cheese, miso, kimchi. sauerkraut and pickled herrings!Where would we be then huh? Or how the lactobacillales domesticated humankind...We will also be seeing a medieval chutney from Richard the II's cookbook "Forme of Cury", evidence of the first "modern" mention of brined cheese aka feta from Crete, the emergence of Dutch pickled herrings and how it conquered Europe, a brief history of saurekraut, Indian pickles, why balsamic vinegar is such a special vinegar, and of course the holy triptych of soya beans- soy sauce- miso!Sources used in this episode is Jan Davidsons book: Pickles A Global Historyand the fantastic Noma Guide to Fermentation alongside with Cato "Liber De Agricultura"and Columella's "De Re Rustica" agricultural manualMusic theme is Seikilos Epitaph the oldest recorded surviving melody, performed by the formidable Panos Kapralos.Thank you and enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!With the arrival of the Olympic Games in Paris, we have a reached a peak of reminders of the ancient Greek Olympic games and with them, a tonne of misinformation and misconceptions about the ancient Olympians!Well, the most important thing, was left out however from most of these articles; The food and the drink and the partying in Ancient Olympia! What was it like?How did an ancient Olympian athlete and a winner ate, what was their diet and how they've used food and wine as ways to cheat their way to the first place?These and a lot more, with myths from the ancient times on today's episode!Enjoy!The Delicious Legacy Music by Pavlos KapralosSupport 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.

Hello! Part two of our archaeogastronomical adventure is out!How the myth of Marco Polo bringing "pasta" back to Italy started? What's the truth behind it?What are the origins of tea and tea drinking ceremonies?How important are dairy products, milk and cheese in Chinese culinary history and what's the impact today?All this and a lot more on our episode today!Excited to have as a guest Professor Thomas DuBois introducing us to his new book, an adventure through China's culinary history "China in Seven Banquets, A Flavourful History", published by Reaktion Books: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/china-in-seven-banquetsYou can purchase Professor Thomas DuBois book from many online shops like here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/china-in-seven-banquets/thomas-david-dubois/9781789148619Enjoy part two, of our adventure through China!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Excited to have as a guest Professor Thomas DuBois introducing us to his new book, an adventure through China's culinary history "China in Seven Banquets, A Flavourful History" , published by Reaktion Books: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/china-in-seven-banquetsYou can purchase Professor Thomas DuBois book from many online shops like here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/china-in-seven-banquets/thomas-david-dubois/9781789148619Enjoy part one, and I'll see you next week for part two!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Enjoy a nearly three thousand year exploration of Persian food, culture and inventions that made our culinary pleasures, even more pleasurable!Info if you want to find out about yakhtchal, the ancient Persian refrigerators check here;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81lThe Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”) By Ferdowsi -the Persian epic poemhttps://sdbiblestudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Shahnameh.pdfMedieval Persian Cookbook"A Baghdad Cookery Book"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baghdad-Cookery-Book-Al-oTabaikh-Culinaires/dp/1903018420/ref=pd_bxgy_d_sccl_1/258-4486056-9939464?pd_rd_w=h0uD7&content-id=amzn1.sym.46f507f3-7fc1-4bf4-9492-ed026d6e4f68&pf_rd_p=46f507f3-7fc1-4bf4-9492-ed026d6e4f68&pf_rd_r=CY9W5FDBRDZ88YJH8B8J&pd_rd_wg=jGw6S&pd_rd_r=287bc114-87a3-4bc4-bc48-174d24e4ac0b&pd_rd_i=1903018420&psc=1-How Persian Kings and the Imperial Court was drinking wine from rhyton:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yJCay1_CA4Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies by Najmieh Khalili Batmanglij https://www.najmieh.com/book/food-of-life-ancient-persian-and-modern-iranian-cooking-and-ceremonies/I hope you will enjoy this episode as much as I did!Much love,Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

An early fourteenth-century Baghdadi cookbook begins thus: “The pleasures of this world are six: food, drink, clothing, sex, scent, and sound. The most eminent and perfect of these is food, for food is the foundation of the body and the material of life.”What is a "rhyton"? What's a yakhtchal? And how is that Persian walled gardens are connected to Christian paradise?I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king in Persia, the king of countries, the son of Hystaspes, the grandson of Arsames, the Achaemenide.Join me on this new episode to explore nearly three thousand years of Persian food, culture and inventions that elevated our culinary pleasures to higher standards that we still follow to this day! Music by Pavlos Kapralos and Motion ArrayEnjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport 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.

Hello!Burmese food writer turned activist MiMi Aye has been raising awareness about the crisis in Myanmar since the coup in February 2021. MiMi's award-winning book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen' is loved by Nigella Lawson and was chosen by The Observer, The FT, and The Mail on Sunday as one of their Best Books of 2019. MiMi also co-hosts the food and culture podcast The MSG Pod and is on social media as @meemaleeThanks for listening, The Delicious LegacySupport 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.