Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020A Pre-History of Lactose IntoleranceIn support of English Heritage’s 'Feast Exhibition' at Stonehenge in 2018/19, Tastes Of History was asked to recreate some of what...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: DruidsA while ago we were approached for help in promoting 'Britannia', a British historical drama scheduled to air on Sky Atlantic on January...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020The Roman TogaForward The purpose of this paper is to provide general readers, and those wishing to don a more accurate Roman 'toga', all the...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020A Stuart SundaySunday July 23rd, 2017 found Tastes Of History at Ford Green Hall in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent recreating dishes from Tudor and early...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020Arcuballista: A Late Roman CrossbowThe sole mention of the arcuballista occurs in the work of Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris) [1]. In book II.15, when describing how the...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020Why did the chicken cross the Red Sea?The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020A Tasty Tudor ChewitIn every issue of BBC History Magazine, picture editor Sam Nott presents a recipe from the past. In this article, from December 2015, Sam...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 17, 2020Ballistas, Catapults and ScorpionsA major source of information for Roman artillery is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a 1st-century BC Roman author, architect, civil and...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 16, 2020Ready, Aim...Shoot!Many years ago, long before I joined The Roman Military Research Society (or RMRS), a teacher inspired his pupils to build a catapulta,...