In the early Middle Ages, it is still widely believed that rich and poor ate essentially the same food and that the diet of the different classes differed primarily in terms of the amount available.…
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The current problems in German agriculture are numerous. But they are not the real cause of the recent protests. Rather, they articulate…
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In a comedy written around 200 BC, the poet Plautus has a Greek mock the Romans as ” mash-eating barbarians”. He was…
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Breaking with Jewish tradition The Jewish world has probably known Passover celebrations since the construction of the first Temple in Jerusalem, i.e.…
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The creator of gastronomy Archestratus also came from Sicily, the culinary hotspot of ancient Greece. However, he does not speak well of…
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The first cookbook author What distinguishes the art of cooking from simple good food? Or from the luxury on display? Certainly it…
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The world’s oldest recipe collection The invention of gastronomy did not take place in the Egypt of the first pharaohs, nor in…
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This project was originally intended to be a book, but the crisis in publishing, high paper prices and expensive image rights have…
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