Ancient Roman cookbooks contain some of the earliest recipes for sweet and savory dishes ... who lived during the first century C.E., dreamt up several dishes that fit into the latter category, ...

Using water, ancient grains and sterilised containers, he cultivated the starter for a week. In order to get as close as possible to what the Egyptians would have recognised as bread, Mr Blackley ...

Inside a basilica in Turkey, researchers have unearthed a bone-filled tomb that may have belonged to a Roman gladiator named ...

Gilbert Sewall, contributor: I am teaching a course this autumn titled “The Fall of the Roman Empire ... Imperial Romans lived for bread and circuses, Juvenal complained, decrying erosion ...

A single bee will only produce a tiny amount of honey in their lifetime. Here's how to make the most of that hard-earned ...

Bruschetta, the humble Italian appetiser and classic antipasto, has a long and fascinating history. Bruschetta’s origins date ...

In ancient Rome, wine played a huge role in the fabric ... Roman wine had a slightly spicy flavor and smelled like roasted ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Just as in ancient times, they're still used to make bread. And I've come to the house of this Egyptian lady to see how it's done.' DR JOANN FLETCHER:Now bread was the key ingredient in the ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ... The poorest families would usually only eat porridge and bread, buying meat and vegetables only when they had enough money.

But at the beginning of the year when it first took over the sprawling tenancy on Mary St previously home to Leonard’s Bar & ...