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Hello!Your recipe of the week on a Saturday is out! And what better dish than a Greek Sunday favourite?Izmir, Smyrni or Smyrna:One city, three names, a shared history of three thousand years! Being “born” in such a place, in the crossroads of trade, our recipe for “Soutzoukakia Smyrneika” or Izmir kofte encompasses spices valuable for trade and meat and ideas from East and West. And thus making a syncretic dish, delicious, luxurious and celebratory.Enjoy!Thom

Hello!Rhodes is a rich history island with a lush landscape and an illustrious past.After the fall of Acre in 1291 CE, the Knights Hospitaller last stronghold in the East Med for the next two centuries was the island of Rhodes.Rhodes is the biggest island of the Dodecanese complex, and place of trade in the eastern Mediterranean for more than three thousand years!What is 'Souma', and 'Melekounia'? And how do the Rhodians use cyclamen in their cooking?Let's find out about here food here!Enjoy!ThomThe Delicious Legacy Podcast

Hello!Happy weekend.Here's our recipe of the week;A Christmas pork stew from the island of Lesvos! I cannot quite shake away the Christmas feeling...! Enjoy!The Delicious Legacy

Hello! New episode for all my hungry archaeogastronomers!In Act 2, Scene 2 of the Merry Wives of Windsor Frank Ford says:‘I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.’Why do certain nationalities have close associations with certain foods? And what does this tell us about early modern English attitudes to foreigners? Was this something common across all strata of society?One of the ways to explore these attitudes is to look at how foreigners are represented in plays particularly when it comes to food. I spoke to food historian and fellow podcaster Sam Bilton about this. Sam has recently released a cookbook called Much Ado About Cooking which looks at the food references in Shakespeare’s play.On this episode then the above questions and a lot more regarding kitchen technology and implements of the time, measurements and terminology in the 16th Century, best recipes and dishes are answered. So join us onto another adventure through food and history!Enjoy!The Delicious LegacyRecommendations of the week:The UK Will Soon Be Home To The Largest Oyster Reef In Europe – As Four Million Oysters Are Being Dropped Into The North Sea As Part Of A Restoration Project To Help Restore Marine Ecosystems And Clean Water:https://secretldn.com/uk-home-to-largest-oyster-reef-in-europe-norfolk-coast-restoration-project/#google_vignetteThe importance of being malted: making malt and malt sugars from cereals in the Palaeolithic. https://merryn.dineley.com/2025/12/the-importance-of-being-malted-making.html?m=1The Meaning of Borsch:https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ne63nGnDvTYgT2OFiayzf?si=c0b1449fe848458bLoveThom & The Delicious Legacy

Hello!Your recipe of the week is out!Recommendations of the week:Sarcophagus found at Church of St. Nicholas could be the tomb of “Santa Claus”:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/12/sarcophagus-found-at-church-of-st-nicholas-could-be-the-tomb-of-santa-claus/154084Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508181-roman-occupation-of-britain-damaged-the-populations-health/On contrarian history:https://going-medieval.com/2025/11/25/on-contrarian-history/Enjoy!Much Love and Happy New Year to all!The Delicious Legacy Podcast

Hello!Happy Christmas!Here's your recipe of the week this time from the beautiful Dodecanese island of Kalymnos!Enjoy!With music from Miltos BoumisLoveThom & The Delicious Legacy