Podcast

The Delicious Legacy

Author: Thomas Ntinas
Feed episode count: 244
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Summary

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 "ba…

Episodes

Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Odyssey: Food, Feasting and the meaning of 'Xenia'

Duration seconds: 2778
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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Flint Dibble: Zooarchaeology, Ancient Greece and Food

Duration seconds: 4799
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Recipe of the Week: Chicken stewed with onions, olives and feta

Duration seconds: 825
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Protein, Poo and Power - A Rich History of Manure & Food

Duration seconds: 2126
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Food and Traditions of Mani Peninsula -Tough landscape and tough people!

Duration seconds: 2555
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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

Recipe of the Week: Three Pontic Greek Dishes

Duration seconds: 718
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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

The Black Sea Greeks - Cuisine Food & Tradition (Reprise)

Duration seconds: 2011
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Food Traditions of Medieval Germany

Duration seconds: 3843
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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

Abgoosht - A fantastic & comforting Iranian stew

Duration seconds: 678
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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

Eating Like an Ancient Spartan: Black Broth, Hunting and the Helots

Duration seconds: 2865
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Food and Foodways of Classical Greece with Mariana Kavroulaki

Duration seconds: 2226
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

The forgotten ingredient of our modern kitchens

Duration seconds: 3304
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

What's in a doughnut hole? A conversation with Suki Finn

Duration seconds: 3404
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Traditional Foods of South-West England

Duration seconds: 2453
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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

Peaches in Greece -History and Recipes

Duration seconds: 1122
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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

What is Humoral Theory? Healthy Eating in Ancient Greece Explained

Duration seconds: 2939
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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Conversations In Greek -Interview with Food Archaeologist Mariana Kavroulaki

Duration seconds: 2305
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Apr 11, 2026 · not_requested

Zakynthos Oven Roasted Guinea Fowl

Duration seconds: 809
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Traditional Yorkshire Food

Duration seconds: 2611
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Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested

Recipe of the Week; Lamb or Goat Kleftiko

Duration seconds: 676
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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

Rare & Disappearing Foods of the Philippines

Duration seconds: 1995
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Mar 28, 2026 · not_requested

Recipe of the week - Ancient Greek Roast Lamb with Pearl Barley

Duration seconds: 929
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Mar 20, 2026 · not_requested

A Brief History of Nowruz and Iranian Food Culture

Duration seconds: 4505
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Mar 15, 2026 · not_requested

In Memory of Daniel Newman - Medieval Arab Persian Cuisine

Duration seconds: 3817
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Mar 11, 2026 · not_requested

Greece's Salt Cod History and the Basque Connection

Duration seconds: 3115
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Mar 8, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Roman Food Tasting in London

Duration seconds: 908
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Mar 4, 2026 · not_requested

History of Food in Central Asia Pt2 - From Baku to Beijing!

Duration seconds: 3808
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