Ancient Greek Cuisine

Today's recipe for garum sauce takes us back many centuries into the past to one of the most appreciated and widely used culinary preparations of the ancients. This is the ninth in Giorgio Pintzas Monzani's series about the foods...

The beloved souvlaki has been around since ancient times. Skewers dating back to the Bronze Age have been found by archaeologists, and recent research looks at the functioning of early grills. In particular, "souvlaki trays" have been discovered dating...

Silphium, a now-extinct plant once used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for perfume, seasoning, medicine, and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ancient world. The plant was so useful that Julius Caesar himself was...

Italian cuisine and Greek cuisine: the history, differences and common traits in the cuisines we all love is a fascinating journey into the past, showing that there was a fusion of Greek-Italian cuisine in historical times that comes down to...

Alexander the Great had an enormous influence on the cultures of the ancient world as a result of his military campaigns across the Near East.

Journalists from Shanghai in China, who visited Greece and in particular the peninsula of Mount Athos for two days, said they were charmed by the beauty of the region. They expressed their great interest in the Holy Mountain, Aristotle’s birthplace,...