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

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

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

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

A behind-the-scenes look at the press call for an English Heritage event where we recreated Roman burgers.

Recreating a "cooker", known as a "craticula", the original having been found in a garden in Pompeii.

All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's simply not true. Find out why?

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

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

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?

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