Bread has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years, and ancient Greece was no exception.

Greek cuisine is a celebration of fresh ingredients, bold flavors, and time-honored traditions. The best part? Many of these ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

Like so many other Roman treasures, it was borrowed from the ancient Greeks. Apicius used it in all his recipes, and the poet Martial wrote of it: "Accept this exquisite garum, a precious gift ...

And if you can’t transport yourself to the country of white sandy beaches and ancient ruins this year ... olive oil is vitally important to cooking Greek food. “It will be the base of most ...

They used this for cooking, in oil lamps and cosmetics. Men and women usually ate separately in ancient Greece. Rich people always ate at home - only enslaved people and poor people would eat in ...