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
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The Delicious Legacy publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 258 episodes.
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The Delicious Legacy is an arts podcast with 258 episodes published.
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Episode #27
Hello! Brand new episode for your archaeogastronomical delight! Out there lies the strange island with the vertical stone walls. How lovely it is here. Down there beneath one’s feet, the great, great sea, seemingly...
Episode #26
Hello! Brand new episode for you my curious archaeogastronomers! On this episode we explore the traditional foods of Egypt. My recent interview with Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi is about their journey across Egypt...
Hello! A brand new archaeogastronomical adventure beckons! Welcome back my curious archaeogastronomers! What is perry? How is it made? Where do we hear about it firstly? And crucially, why has been almost lost, and now...
Episode #24
Morcilla in Spain, Stornoway Black Pudding in Scotland, Mustamakkara in Finland, Sângerete in Romania...This ancient tradition of using the blood as an ingredient in food and dishes persists in our modern world, despite...
Episode #23
Hello my curious archaeogastronomers! New episode is out! Did women in the ancient Greek world had parties? Dinner gatherings? Symposia? Alone or with their men? And what did they do on their own? Especially in those...
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Hello! Here's the little teaser of what will the 2nd Serve it Forth Food History festival include on Saturday 17th of October 2026! Me and my colleagues Sam Bilton Neil Buttery and Alessandra Pino discuss some elements...
Hello! Today's episode explores just a little the Jewish Greek community, culture and food through the centuries. OK recommendations of the week: Let’s start with the Cookbook of the Jews of Greece by Stavroulakis...
Episode #21
In the year 1734 three miners were taken aback when they discovered a male body inside Hallstatt salt mine. The body was very well preserved, having been mummified by salt. Accounts of the time say that the dead body...
Episode #20
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...
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 &...
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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 Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free...
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...
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 Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes...
James Chatto. Actor, puppet maker, author, food writer and journalist. A truly multi-talented, one would say even a renaissance man! He is my honoured guest on The Delicious Legacy today, to tell us all about his latest...
Hello! Welcome back to another archaeogastronomical adventure! I couldn't help myself but having Odyssey as my inspiration for this week's episode! As you probably have heard Christopher Nolan has his epic film Odyssey...
Hello! Ugly stuff? Broken Bones? The earliest archaeologists a century ago ignored these. But not my guest today! Flint Dibble is an ancient historian and archaeological scientist who studies people, animals, and...
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Hello! Welcome to the Recipe of the Week on a Saturday by The Delicious Legacy! Today we're going to Mani peninsula in Southern Peloponnese to try a unique hearty dish from the mountainous villages of Barthounohoria...
Hello! Brand new episode is out for all to enjoy! Firstly, some exciting news! The Serve It Forth Food History Festival is back on the 17th of October! Early bird tickets on discount for just £10 (plus booking fee)...
Hello! Brand new episode is out for all of you lovely subscribers! This time we are going to the hard and unforgiving landscape of Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece. Peloponnesos! Vendettas lasting decades... Towering...
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Hello! Welcome to your recipe of the week on a Saturday! What is "Tanomenon Tsourvas"? and what role the yoghurt and butter plays to the cuisine of the Black Sea Greeks? Let's find out here! Enjoy! Thom & The Delicious...
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