Pass the Garum

We've finally hit a recipe with an ingredient list the length of our collective arms, making this the perfect opportunity to test ...

"Is this it?" - that's what you'll all be thinking right now.  "We've gone from lovely, fruity, succulent ham ...

Today is one of those lucky days when meat is on the menu - perhaps we got lucky at the gladiatorial games and won a few coins, or mayb...

Review of Sally Grainger's  Cooking Apicius , (Totnes, 2006)  - This can be bought  on Amazon . Perhaps the name most often associat...

Moretum  is a cheese, garlic, and herb spread mentioned in a wonderful little poem, also called  Moretum , by the poet Virgil.  The poem t...

So, you've just arrived back from the grain distribution up on the Aventine and on the way home you popped into the miller's shop...

The people who once gave out military commands, made magistrates, and summoned legions - the people who did everything - no...