This week’s recipe takes us to South Africa, focusing on cuisine of the Bantu-speakers, with the ingredients available to them. The Bantu-speakers, or Bantu Peoples, are ancestors of many modern day South Africans. They moved …
Archaeology
How to make a Barley & Lentil Stew with Ostrich
Welcome back to Dining through Time, for our second trip around the World! This time, we are eating seasonally for select regions around the world, focusing on pre-1492 c.e. trade routes. This week, we’re starting …
How to eat around the world in 730 days
When we started this blog in 2021, we had no idea where we’d end up. We started our World Tour in Mesopotamia, basing it off the oldest recipe written and hopped around, until we determined …
How to make Awaze Tibs from the 13th Century Ethiopia
For our final recipe in our World Tour round one, we had to consider some of our favorite food: Ethiopian Cuisine. Focusing on Ethiopia was one of my main goals when we highlighted finishing out …
How to make a Benin Empire Chicken Stew
Growing up in the Midwest in the United States, my education was very Europe-centric. It didn’t matter that I grew up in a city with a diverse population. Because of this, I had to wait …
July 3rd: Labours of love and next steps
We’re back after a 4 week hiatus due to the arrival of Archaeo-Baby! We update everyone on that and talk about expectations with recipe on 7/9, focusing on Northwestern Europe. Are you a member of …
How to make a recipe that proves Early Britons ate more than boiled meat
This week, we are going to finish out our tour of Europe, with traveling to Northwestern Europe, sampling a simple dish of Grilled Steak with Raspberry Sauce and Asparagus. However, before we get to that …
How to make a Roman Chicken Rub
Roman culture is considered a juggernaut of the Ancient World. We previously touched on the Persian Empire and Greeks, and how their massive trades shaped the ingredients present during their time. The Romans, took this …
Strabo’s testimony on an Iberian Stew
Ah, Europe. We touched on this for a short while at the beginning of our tour, as we explored Greece. We then leaped into the Persia empire and continued east until we arrived at the …
How to make Red Beans and (Wild) Rice
This week’s meal is really basic – Almost too basic. Red Beans and Rice. We all of have had it before (At least if you are from North America), but a variation of it existed …