A visit to an ancient Roman bakery Behind the scenes at the Mulino di Silvano in Ostia Antica
Farrell Monaco has studied, and brought back to life, the canonical bread of Ancient Rome. Now she brings an ancient bakery back to life.
Category: Podcasts
The true history of the potato in Europe Let’s hear it for the peasants
It may not contain wily aristocrats or superstitious peasants, but the true history of the potato is much more interesting.
Rachel Roddy: An A–Z of Pasta Twenty-one letters, fifty shapes, unlimited possibilities
Rachel Roddy had no intention of producing an encyclopaedia of pasta. Her book is more informative than that, and more readable.
Midnight’s chicken: Indian food evolution Insights into new recipes and new ingredients
A dish that is today an icon of Indian food dates back only to 1947, using an ingredient that became widespread only in the 1920s
Sushi From necessity to ubiquity
The story of perhaps the greatest transformation in the history of food and how it continues today