The Delicious Legacy

What made the Umayyah descendants to flee Damascus and the Caliphate there almost overnight and travel all the way to the westernmost tip of the known world in the Iberian Peninsula?And how in turn succeeded in creating a flourishing cultural and culinary paradise?Let's find out some amazing recipes from the period and the secret ingredients in the highly sophisticated cuisine of Moorish Spain!Enjoy!Find out more about Nawal Nasrallah:https://nawalcooking.blogspot.com/https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/November-2022/Refuge-in-Recipes-The-Research-Journey-of-Nawal-Nahttps://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/9/13/medieval-arabic-cookbooks-reviving-the-taste-of-historyOn today's episode the music featured is from Motion Array and the song "Thessaloniki" from Pavlos Kapralos! If you want to find out more check his YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1AThis episode comes with the welcome support of Maltby and Greek UK's No1 Greek delicatessen!Get shopping some delicious Greek wines, cheeses, honey and herbs here:https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/And don't forget to use the discount code delicious for 15% discount!The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!New episode is out!Whale excrement anyone? Deer glands? Not keen? What could not entice you to taste these?Where did these ingredients come from? And what is the allure? Aside from perfumes, how do we eat these mysterious spices from the depths of the oceans and the farthest corners of Siberia?Let's delve a little deeper and find out the history and use of the above aromatics to our recipes through the centuries.This episode was brought to you with the welcome support of Maltby and Greek Uk's No1 Greek delicatessen, supplier and distributor of premium Greek product.get your order here: https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/Enjoy!The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Christopher Monk is a specialist consultant in medieval culture and texts, working freelance in the heritage sector and with creative professionals. He is also a cook.A cook of Medieval food and recipes, re-worked for our modern kitchens. The feasts of kings usually cooked over open fire, for 100's of guests and with the help of countless cooks, spit-turns, kitchen assistant's and many others now reworked for your family table!What are the barriers for us when trying to cook an ancient recipe? What does the language and the translation of the texts tell us and how do we interpret the texts?What recipes can be found in the early Anglo-Norman kitchen?Let's dive in and get a chance to find out recipes, language and techniques of the past going back nearly a thousand years in Medieval Europe.Do we need a glossary - a medieval culinary glossary- to better understand the ingredients of our old English kitchens? On his YouTube channel Dr Christopher Monk brings to you recipes from the fourteenth century Fourme of Cury ('Method of Cookery'), King Richard II's official cookery treatise (c.1390), as well as other early cookery works.If you want to find more about Dr Monks forthcoming book as well as watching some of the fascinating recipes he re-creates check his website and YouTube channel here:https://modernmedievalcuisine.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MonksModernMedievalCuisine/aboutThis podcast comes with the welcome support of Maltby and Greek UK's No1 Greek delicatessen!Get your hands to some delicious cheese, wine and herbs here: https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/Music was composed by Pavlos Kapralos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1AThank you for listening!The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!Brand new episode is out!Part 4 of our Medieval European Cuisine tour!How did Byzantium played a role to create the first ever French cookbook? Who was Anthimus? And what foods did the Frankish kings ate?And how we could leave out the legendary empire of Byzantium and its influential court, palace life, writers, doctors and physicians who went to establish trends across the medieval Mediterranean and European world with their food habits. And how in turned they were influenced by outside factors and the spice trade from Arab merchants.Enjoy the latest archeaogastronomical adventure here!With music from the immense Pavlos Kapralos and Miltos Boumis!The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello!A new archaeogastronomical adventure beckons!Come with me and explore the complex flavours of England and Italy a thousand years ago. Let's find out how our ancestors used spices, and what was the common and traditional dishes for the folk of the continent of Europe so many centuries ago.Where do we find our sources from? What recipes and cookbooks have survived? And what archaeology tells us?Listen now and find out!ThomSupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the second part of our exploration of Europe's Medieval Cuisine and the regional recipes, we are delving to the amazing, rich and complex foods of Al-Andalus: The medieval Arab Iberian peninsula and the heady mix of spices, fruits from the East, and the mix of Arab, Jewish and Roman cuisines to create something out of this world!The Almohade Cookbook’s 220 recipes have no counterpart in Middle Eastern cookery of the time; this speaks for the unique character of Muslim Spain’s cuisine. Will check some mouthwatering recipes too. And from there we go to to Catalonia and then Medieval Germany! Enjoy!Thom and The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1000 years of eating & cooking…there are too many things to explore!Before the arrival of new foods from the New World…There was still a remarkable variety of foodstuffs available to European citizens. Certainly not for everyone, not all the time, but many had access to both indigenous varieties of fruit and veg AND meat..When was the medieval period? What were the kitchens, cuisines and the diet back then?Who are our sources that gives us all the information about it?Find out on today's part one!Enjoy!Thom and The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every recipe -almost universally- begins with "finely chop an onion..." or a variation on the theme. Yet, when was the last time you really thought about one?Onions are ubiquitous in every cuisine and every country. But what is their deep history?Join me to find out the symbolism of onions and their healing properties according to ancient sources, form Mesopotamia, to Ancient Egypt and Rome.Let's find out some delicious ancient recipes, with onions, or just onions cooked in ways that our ancestors used to eat.Enjoy!Thom Music by Pavlos Kapralos and Miltos BoumisThanks to Maltby and Greek for sponsoring this episode!Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ancient Greek chef, was the first of the genre we know today as "Celebrity Chef".Competitive, highly sought after, creative, innovator...Feuds and fights and fish, gossip and satire! They had it all!Who were they? What did their contemporaries thought of them? What did survive of their fame, of their recipes and their books?Take for example, the only surviving recipe by Europe's oldest cookbook author, Mithaecus, from Sicily, is an instruction for dealing with this fish. 'Gut, discard the head, rinse,. slice; add cheese and oil. Cepola rubescens, a long, ribbon-like fish. Now not much sought after, this was a delicacy to classical Greeks...The recipes the fragments of which I'm sharing with you today will delight you, excite you, mystify you...and hopefully will inspire you too!Find out more, on today's episode....Enjoy!Thom & The Delicious LegacySupport the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Salt!Homer, Plato, Plutarch, Pliny and Livy all wrote about it in various forms.Life saving, literally we can't survive without salt our bodies won't function.Preserving in more than one ways, giving us the chance to have food in the lean harsh winters...Delicious in so many ways.And yet not known too well, commonly misunderstood, and with many myths attached to it.Let's explore the deep, ancient and fascinating history of salt!Enjoy!Music by Pavlos KapralosThis episode comes with the welcome support of Maltby and Greek UK's No1 Delicatessen.The Delicious Legacy Support the podcast on Ko-Fi and Patreon for ad-free episodes! https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedeliciouslegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.