History of food
Ancient Greece
The Decline of Ancient Sparta as Seen Through Its Food
Athenaeus of Naucratis in his famous work Deipnosophistae stated sarcastically that the fault of the decline of Sparta lay with its cooks, who, because of the influence of the Roman Empire, lost the ability to prepare the traditional recipes...
Ancient Greece
The Greek Origins of the Word “Macaroni”
Macaroni, the ancestor of pasta, like so many other things in our world today, had its symbolic birth in Greece. This is the eighth in a series of stories by a Greek-Italian chef tracing the origins of Greek foods...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Story Behind the Word “Sycophant”
We all know about the great richness of Greek words and how they have been influential in so many other languages. Speaking about the Greek origin of a word is familiar to most people.
However, in the case of the...
Ancient Greece
The Influence of Alexander the Great on Indian and World Cuisine
Customs, flavors and rituals linking food to the sacred and divine had an enormous upheaval during the time of Alexander the Great.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Drink Salepi Made from One Thousand Orchids
Outside of Asia Minor and the Balkans, it is rare to hear about this ancient concoction, precisely because it is so very characteristic of these countries.
By Giorgio Pintzas Monzani
This is the sixth in a series on the history of...
Ancient Greece
Alexander the Great Campaigns Influenced Egyptian, World Cuisine
Alexander the Great had an enormous influence on the ancient world as a result of the Greek conqueror's military campaigns, including Egypt.
Ancient Greece
Rice, Alexander the Great’s Gift to the Western World
Rice is one of the most important foods worldwide, with everyone aware of its value all over the globe, but this pearly white cereal took a long time to become part of ancient European cultures, with many years passing...
Greece
Greek-Italian Cuisine Fusion Led to the Mediterranean Diet
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...
Ancient Greece
Edible Insects: New Frontier For Western Cuisine Has Ancient Roots
With the green light for the production and introduction of the first edible insects into European markets, conflicting opinions were rife.