A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, the humble potato.

Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series "Kew on a Plate" presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew Gardens in London growing heritage produce and cooking delicious seasonal recipes, all the while discovering the history behind our favourite fruits and vegetables.

One of the tasty recipes drawn from Apicius is for "soft eggs in a pine kernel sauce" (Apicius 7.13.3). But what to do when the egg is an ostrich's?

Who introduced the rabbit to Britain? Was it the Romans or the Normans?

Introducing Tastes Of History

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, pepper.