Some recipes go back to ancient times, making you think Ancient Romans loved the dishes made from them. A date could be added to wine to sweeten the taste. Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash 10. Stuffed Dates One other fascinating Roman sweet was stuffed dates. Their pits were removed, ...
The cuisine of ancient Egypt covers a span of over three thousand years, but still retained many consistent traits until well into Greco-Roman times. The staples of both poor and wealthy Egyptians were bread and beer, often accompanied by green-shooted onions, other vegetables, and to a lesse...
And this fish sauce became an integral part of Roman cuisine. Food historian Sally Grainger hasrecreatedrecipes from antiquity that usedgarumboth as a general salt substitute and as the basis of dips and sauces. “After the fish sauce is made, it was then turned into compound sauces — with...
Although some of the ingredients are unknown to us today or cannot be translated, the discovery of such ancient recipes is unparalleled. Until quite recently, the oldest surviving collection of recipes was that attributed to Apicius, the Roman gourmet who lived at the beginning of the first centu...
Yost shares recipes and resources for students to make or buy food that would be eaten during Roman times. This includes roasted meats like chicken or pork, simple bread dishes, fresh and dried fruits, honey, and nuts. American staples like tomato, chocolate, corn and turkey wouldn’t be ...
Today, in the age of the Internet, it is possible to find hundreds of well-tested recipes for national as well foreign dishes without much difficulty. With the help of various websites and blogs, American pancakes or Japanese sushi can be prepared inany kitchen, and the recipes used can ...
. This book contains 635 recipes and medicinal concepts, such as presenting ways to balance the humors, an idea popular from Europe to East Asia by this time116. Eggs merit a special section in this book, which contains thirty-eight types of egg-based dishes. Chickens and eggs remain ...
And in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, they too used it for rituals, traditional and medicinal purposes as well as a tasty addition to their cooking. Today it's grown in countries from Iran to Turkey, to India, China and North Africa to name just a few....