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The Delicious Legacy

The Delicious Legacy

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

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8:37

Stocking Filler! Recipe of the week a Comforting...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/31

Hello!Your recipe of the week is out!Recommendations of the week:Sarcophagus found at Church of St. Nicholas could be the tomb of “Santa Claus”:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/12/sarcophagus-found-at-church-of-st-nicholas-could-be-the-tomb-of-santa-claus/154084Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508181-roman-occupation-of-britain-damaged-the-populations-health/On contrarian

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6:01

Recipe of The Week Three: Kalymnos Octopus Fritters

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/27

Hello!Happy Christmas!Here's your recipe of the week this time from the beautiful Dodecanese island of Kalymnos!Enjoy!With music from Miltos BoumisLoveThom & The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:49

Where Beer Began: Is the Mesopotamian Origin Story...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/24

Hello my curious archeaogastronomers!Who were the first beer makers? Why did they even made beer in the first place? Can we even find a Civilization to be the clear winner in this "race"? What's the word for beer in ancient Sumerian?What role the priests and kings plaid in this? Who even drunk beer in the ancient Mesopotamian world? All this and many more questions were buzzing through my mind.On today's episode I have as a guest the author of the book In The Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in

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6:51

Stocking fillers: Recipe of the week, two: Ikarian...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/20

Hello!Every Saturday in The Delicious Legacy podcast your freshest "stocking filler" recipe of the week is out!This time I’m travelling to the delightful island of Ikaria in the Western Aegean sea!With a simple one pot veg recipe!If you want to know more about Ikaria, read my Patreon post here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/ikaria-island-of-115744979Music by Milts BoumisLove,The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes

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47:08

A History of Allotments in England

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/17

Hello!New episode is out now for you my delightful Patreon backers! Out early and ad-free!Why England and by extension all of UK is so allotment "obsessed" ? What does it all mean?Firstly, what is an allotment? When did it all started?As someone who moved in UK many years ago, seeing this lovely spaces in cities filled me with a sense of serenity, and an air of quaint old school happiness lets say, they evoked something romantic and from long lost era. Of course over the years I learned a lot about

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45:28

Conversation in Greek with my Grandmother - Η Γιαγιά...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/14

Hello!This is another episode in Greek, my little parallel series of getting some episodes out for Greek audienceThis time I thought I'll release a part of my conversation with my grandmother- my yiayia- my father's mother.From the mountainous north west Greece, her childhood up in the villages, where bandits and others where making life hard in the 1920's. Only a few years earlier this part of Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire.A fascinating story of a troubled period for Greece, her story takes

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5:02

Stocking fillers: Recipe of the week - Stuffed pork...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/13

Hello!Your recipe of the week is here!Everyday saturday in The Delicious Legacy podcastEnjoy!ThomSupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:40

Traditional Christmas around the Greek Table

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/10

Hello! Christmas is approaching! Time for some recipes to inspire you in your Christmas cooking! (If you do cook of course! Otherwise, psssss, pass it on to your spouse!)It's also the time the ‘Kalikanzaroi’ (goblins that live underground all year according to Greek folklore) are coming up to Earth to annoy humans. How do you distract them? What foods do they like? So I've got a little treat for you, my curious and greedy gastronomers! On this episode of The Delicious Legacy podcast, we are going to

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53:24

RE-AIR: Ancient Rome's Bakers, Cooks and Kitchens w/...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/12/03

Hello!On this classic episode from the archives of The Delicious Legacy I decided to include some ten minute of extra content from my interview with Farrell and I have remastered the audio as it was a bit dodgy the last time round. Hope it's more pleasant and easier to listen now!I'm very excited about this episode! Farrell Monaco is a culinary & experimental archaeologist, and bread-baking addict! Especially of the ancient Greco-Roman variety...So what better person to chat about the ancient

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55:27

Traditional Japanese Cuisine

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/11/29

Hello! New episode is out and I couldn’t be more excited about it!I've interviewed cookbook author Emiko Davies about her latest book "The Japanese Pantry" which came out in October this year.Emiko shares stories of her travels off the beaten trackto meet the makers and pay homage to ancient traditions that have been around for centuries. Ingredients, dishes and recipes that are lost in the mists of time, and rare foods that might be lost forever!How do you make sake and rice vinegar? What are the

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55:30

More Conversations In Greek - Συνέντευξη με την...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/11/26

Hello!This episode is in Greek and it's the translation of the episode I recorded a couple of months ago with the food writer Olia Hercules about Ukrainian Food and Culture! The original episode can be found here: https://shows.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy/episodes/ukrainian-food-culture-with-olia-herculesΓεια σας! Το σημερινό επεισόδιο είναι μια συνέντευξη με την Ουκρανη συγγραφέα και σεφ Ολια Χερκουλες, που θα μας πει για την παραδοσιακή κουζίνα της Ουκρανίας, και τα φαγητά αλλά και τιε επιρροές

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44:12

The Most Elusive Spice of The Ancient World: Cyrenaic...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/11/23

Hello!A newly updated episode about Silphium! Or Asafoeitida? I was inspired by History Hit's newly released documentary with Dan Snow called Ancient Adventures: Libya where the team went to explore extraordinary Greek and Roman sites, centred around one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, Cyrene.So I thought it is time to talk again with more updates about silphium and with recipes and tasting by me here!What do we know of the ancient silphium? What do the authors say it tastes? And when

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33:58

Conversations in Greek -Μαγειρεύοντας Ελληνικό φαγητό...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/11/07

Hello!This episode is in Greek language for Greek audience!It was released on Wednesday in English for the rest of you!Καλημερα!Το καινουργιο επεισοδιο, της εκπομπης μας, στα Ελληνικα για το κοινο στην Ελλαδα!Προβάλλουμε λοιπόν, δίνουμε για λίγο τα φώτα της δημοσιότητας στους Έλληνες Σεφ του εξωτερικού!Να δουμε την εμπειρια τους και την σχεση τους με το Ελληνικο φαγητο και πως εξελίσσεται εκτος Ελλαδος! Τι επιρροές φερνουν στα πιάτα και ποια η ανταποκριση των κατοικων της καθε χωρας στην Ελληνικη

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45:07

The Life of a Greco-Finnish Chef in Helsinki

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/11/05

Hello!New episode of the podcast is out. This is part of a little bonus season I'll be occasionally releasing; in between the regular episodes of the podcast!Here we will be talking with Greek chefs abroad,-that's outside Greece- who cook, work and live in different places, and promote the Greek cuisine in their own way.What are their dreams? How's Greek food perceived outside Greece in their perspective countries, and do they feel as ambassadors for Greece and her gastronomy?What are the most

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24:52

The Great Greek Famine of World War Two

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/10/29

Hello my curious archaeogastronomers!This week's subject is a little bit darker than normal.My reason for doing an episode is that this time of the year, specifically near 28th of October, is that is when traditionally in Greece the commemoration and celebration of liberation from Nazis occupation is celebrated. I wanted to examine the role of the famine in the modern Greek psyche a little.World War 2 was brutal for the Greek people; Greece as country suffered under the triple occupation of Nazi

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49:01

Thessaloniki - A Food Lovers Paradise!

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/10/22

Hello!New episode is out for your delectable delight!Thessaloniki is located in Northern Greece in the region of Macedonia, and has a long, long history, being established in 315 BCE by king Cassander to honour his wife, the half-sister of Alexander the Great, Thessalonike. Today is the second largest and most important city in Greece.As a major port, with access to the Mediterranean, and half way to Constantinople it thrived for centuries, being an important hub for trade and culture from all over

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1:01:57

The Balkan Kitchen- Part Two

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/10/15

Hello, and welcome to part two of my discussion about Balkan Food with the incredible Irina Janakievska!On this second part of our discussion -we pick up from where we left- we talk about the top five must try dishes of the region, that anyone who loves food should try. Foods from the heart of the Balkans.Such as cevapi, ajvar, dolma/ sarma, bourek, and tres leches revani! Yes....Lets find out why....I'm interviewing the award winning (James Beard awards on the International Category) and writer and

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41:15

The Balkan Kitchen - An Interview with Irina...

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/10/09

Hello!New episode is out for all of you my darling archaeogastronomers!This time, I'm going back to my troubled neighbourhood of the Balkans! I'm interviewing the award winning (James Beard awards on the International Category) writer and recipe developer Irina Janakievska, author of the book "The Balkan Kitchen, Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Balkans". The book was shortlisted for the Jane Grigson Trust Award (2023) and the Fortnum & Mason Debut Cookery Book Award (2025), a British

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1:07:42

Ukrainian Food Culture - With Olia Hercules

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/09/30

What is it to lose a paradise? How do you square the feeling of deep loss for a place?Welcome to the newest episode of The Delicious Legacy!Strong Roots, is the memoir of Olia Hercules, food writer, cook, activist amongst many other things.The book is an ode to the land, to ideas of home and belonging, and to family stories and recipes passed down the generations.Here we talk about the land, the produce, the culinary treasures of Ukrainian people and their unique foods, a mixture of many people and

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1:03:58

A Culinary Invasion: Roman British Food

The Delicious Legacy ·

2025/09/23

* * * Reminder: The first ever FOOD HISTORY FESTIVAL is happening on the 18th of October and it's all online! Get your tickets here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-forth-food-history-festival-2025-tickets-1490885802569?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdssIt's going to be a fantastic day with many excellent food historian guests, and of course my fellow Serve It Forth members, food historians, Dr Neil

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