Roman bread from Germania Inferior
Last July The Lower German Limes was added to the Unesco World Heritage List. What [...]
Feb
Roman wine – Conditum paradoxum
It’s overwhelmingly clear from ancient art, archeology, and primary sources that the Romans loved their [...]
Aug
Cooking from clay tablets: Babylonian lamb stew
There is not much written information about ancient cuisine from Near Eastern civilizations. Art and [...]
Jul
Rome sweet Rome
Romans were sweet tooth. But how sweet was sweet in ancient Rome? The answer to [...]
Jun
Eating flower bulbs during Second World War
Every year on the 4th of May, Dutch Second World War Remembrance Day, I give [...]
May
Bean Dip from the Second World War
Legumes have been at the base of our eating habits for centuries. They are very [...]
May
Hot cross buns: an Easter treat
It’s Easter time! In the Christian tradition, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus three days [...]
Apr
Roman dice bread – kyboi
Ancient sources mention a lot of ingredients that were used in bread. Some of them [...]
Mar
Roman bread & Panis Quadratus
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) already knew: “The excellence of the finest kinds of bread [...]
Mar
Valentine’s day Shortbread with Royal Icing
In an earlier blog we wrote about the history of Scottish shortbread: a delicious cookie, [...]
Feb