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“For me, let them bring in the man of my heart. Let them bring in to me my Ama-ushumgal-anna, the Power of the Date-Palm. Let them put his hand in my hand, let them put his heart by my heart.…

"Translation of ancient recipes can be difficult," said Amanda Herbert, assistant director for fellowships at the Folger Institute of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. "It's almost impossible to recreate a recipe precisely the way early modern people would have done it."

“The priest brought down a small idol made of this dough. Its eyes were small green beads, and its teeth were grains of corn…he ascended to the place where those who were to be sacrific…

“My maza comes to me from my spear, from my spear comes my Ismarian wine, and I drink while leaning on my spear.” ~ the Greek warrior-poet Archilochus explains how he earns his keep Bar…

Age-old cuisine, from soup to sweets.

“I behold the tilapia in its true nature, guiding the speedy boat in its waters.” ~ From The Book of Coming Forth Into the Light, better known as The Book of the Dead, 2nd or 1st millen…

“Your love has penetrated all within me Like honey plunged into water, Like an odor which penetrates spices.” ~ Ancient Egyptian poem recorded in Love Songs of the New Kingdom Fruits an…

Savillum meets Kalitsounia in this 2,500-year-old recipe for a sumptuous goat-cheese and honey cake fit for a banquet.... or for a midnight snack following a raucous game of kottabos!

The flavours of ancient Rome come to life in this decadent 2,000-year-old recipe straight from the pages of Apician cookbook 'De Re Coquinaria'.

“Bread sprinkled with poppy-seed is mentioned by Alcman in Book V as follows: ‘Couches seven, and as many tables laden with poppy-bread, and bread with flax and sesame-seed; and in cups…

Io, Saturnalia! Explore a few historical recipes for December festivals pulled from the ancient and medieval Mediterranean.

The Roman Sweet Tooth: An Ancient Roman Recipe for Apicius' Pear Patina with Honey Fritters

Recipe from The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black "Rosee. Take thyk milke; sethe it. Cast thereto sugur, a gode porcioun; pynes, dates ymynced, canel & powdour gynger; and seeth it, and alye it with flours of white rosis, and flour of rys. Cike utl salt it & messe it forth. If thou wilt in stede of…

This easy 5-ingredient dessert recipe for globi, an ancient Roman predecessor to cheesecake bites, dates back 2000 years.

For a while now, I have been contemplating a series of recipe round ups that go beyond heart attack meals and 15 minute desserts. I wanted the round ups to be something that we want to come back to…

Recreate the Ancient Egyptian Recipes Painted on Tomb Walls - Gastro Obscura

This British Medieval Inspired Potage Stew is based on medieval peasant stews. Our version is packed with root vegetables, kale, beans, lentils, barley and oats, and flavoured with vegetable stock, bay leaf, and fresh herbs. While some ingredients like lentils weren't widely available to medieval peasants they were an ingredient that was imported and used by wealthier families. Our recipe stays true to the adaptable make-do necessity of peasant cooking so we chucked in some lentils to our…

How old is the meal you're eating right now? No, I'm not asking "how long has it been in the fridge;" I want to know how ancient the recipe for the food that you're consuming right now is. For some common foods, the answer is "extremely" — some of…