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Kitchenalia: Fish Eaters

In the 1880s, while the ‘Old Money’, the aristocracy, ate their fish course using two table forks, the ‘New Money’, the nouveau riche,...

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Kitchenalia: Roman soldier's cookware

In an earlier article, we challenged the idea that Roman soldiers cooked farinata, a type of unleavened bread made from chickpea flour,...

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Kitchenalia: Roman Testum

In 'Kitchenalia' we introduce objects from different historical periods, discover a bit about their history and find out how each was...

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Kitchenalia: Roman Mortarium

Most people are probably familiar with a pestle and mortar. They come in many different guises: board-like, bowl-shaped or, more...

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Kitchenalia: Roman Glirarium

In 'Kitchenalia' we introduce objects from different historical periods, discover a bit about their history and find out how each was...

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Pythagoras' Cup

Sometime around 570 BC, Pythagoras of Samos [1] was born. Famous as an ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the...

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Recipe: The Spring Oven Ciabatta Bread

Tastes Of History recently purchased a new toy: The Spring Oven (pictured right) which, according to the website, 'is a unique [slip...

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From the Supply Reserve Depot

Success! For some time now, we have been searching for a stoneware jar marked with the letters 'SRD' to complement Tastes Of History’s...

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Roman Cooking al Fresco

The Latin term 'craticula' is a diminutive form of 'crates' used to mean a gridiron (Martial, 14.221) [1], the bars of which give it the...