History of Greek Food

Fava occupies a special place in Greek diet since ancient times. In the past, it was the poor man’s meat and one of the basic Lenten dishes. During religious fasting periods amounts of this puree was consumed particularly in the orthodox monasteries. As the monks avoid the olive oil during periods of fasting, their fava [...]

 
What happens when 1 Archaeovotanologist, 1 Archaeosteopathologist, 1 Prehistoric Archaeologist and me, decided to prepare a dinner in the spirit of creative anachronism on the 18th of July full moon? Well, we used our knowledge of historical and traditional Greek food, dug out Athenaeus and Roman cook books, started looking through them and… voila! A [...]

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“For our best and daintiest cheer,
Through the bright half of the year,
Is but acorns, onions, peas,
Ochros lupines, radishes,
Yetches, wild pears nine or ten,
With a locust now and then.’’
Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists, (Alexis, book II, g 44, p. 90) p. 1126, transl. J. A. St. John. www. digicoll.library.wisc.edu.
 Lupines, the beautiful wildflowers, are of the genus Lupinus [...]