{"podcast":{"title":"The Delicious Legacy","slug":"the-delicious-legacy-1206953","podcast_index_feed_id":1206953,"rss_url":"https://feed.pippa.io/public/shows/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/1670771377279-da6c71ec14ab9ec15278584ef3ff50fb.jpeg","author":"Thomas Ntinas","episode_count":244,"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…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:20:00.171064+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953"},"episode":{"title":"Protein, Poo and Power - A Rich History of Manure & Food","slug":"protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food","published_at":"2026-06-30T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953/protein-poo-and-power-a-rich-history-of-manure-food","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-delicious-legacy-1206953","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy/episodes/protein-power-poo-a-history-of-fertiliser-manure","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/e/69e123eba0cdd3989c562474/media.mp3","summary":"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) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-forth-food-history-festival-2026-tickets-1992224789976?aff=oddtdtcreator Egyptians, Romans, Babylonians, and early Germans all are recorded as using minerals and/or manure to enhance the productivity of their farms. The use of wood ash as a field treatment became widespread. But the secret to a fertile soil was always human waste. In Japan \"night soil\" was a precious commodity. How did we ended up today being disgusted by our own waste and wasting it far, far away from us, polluting our oceans? And why are the Minoans to blame? A recent article made headlines around the internet and it was mentioned in many good news stories around the internet. It went like this: “Scientists are aiming to grow 4,500 trees at a national park with the help of fertiliser made from urine collected from festivalgoers. Links about today's episode subject: Minoan plumbing: https://toilet-guru.com/minoan/ Can’t see the wood for the wees: Urine from festivalgoers turned into fertiliser https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/scientists-trees-hampshire-bristol-welsh-b1277509.html The Other Dark Matter https://www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Dark-Matter-Science-Business/dp/022661557X https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240116-the-dark-earth-revealing-the-amazons-secrets Music by Pavlos Kapralos Much love, Thom Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcast https://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacy Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy . 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