Pass the Garum

On the eve of the Second Punic War  we left Carthage  in a position of considerable power - in control of the sea, in control of Spain...

As much as I love a good bowl of porridge in the morning, even I must admit that it's boring.  In terms of boring, it's up there wit...

I'm sure that by now  last week's cabbage recipe  has gone down a treat, and you've all had the chance to witness those health b...

I asked some of you readers what you wanted to see more of on the site, and the overwhelming answer was recipes using seasonal ingredient...

Lovage ( Levisticum officinale ) The seed of the Lovage plant is reckoned by  Grainger  to be the single most common spice in Apicius ...

Asafoetida (Silphium) Let us start with  Silphium , a spice so popular that its  picture  ended up on a coin, and so valuable that the ...

Rue ( Ruta graveolens ) A commonplace ingredient in Roman cooking, Rue is also the national herb of Lithuania, a literary symbol of re...