My Rome food guide rounds up 12 must-try dishes to experience both modern and classic Roman cuisine as you explore the city!
Supplì —deep fried rice croquettes filled with mozzarella—are a classic Roman antipasto, a fixture on pizzeria menus all over town.
Let's discover the ancient roman food through the oldest recipe book “De re coquinaria” and the food found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Dinner in antiquity was almost always a social affair shared with a few close friends at someone’s home.
A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman recipe for a succulent, tangy and tender pork shoulder braised in a traditional Roman raisin wine sauce and served with grape must biscuits.
Let's discover the ancient roman food through the oldest recipe book “De re coquinaria” and the food found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
This guide to traditional Roman food includes what to eat, when in Rome, as well as some of the best traditional Roman restaurants.
Spring and summer truly are my favourite seasons of the year as it usually involves three of my favourite things: gardening, reading, and recreating Roman foods. Today I'm making a pear soufflé with garum...
Columella introduces us to a simple 2,000-year-old Roman recipe for a fresh cheese and herb moretum that goes beautifully with warm bread.
Discover what Julius Caesar likely ate in Ancient Rome. A fascinating look at what Romans did—and didn't— eat in ancient times!
Do you imagine that all ancient Romans spent their time indulging in lavish banquets? Ordinary people ate ordinary meals that were not very different from what we eat today.
Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Crystal King is the December/January selection for Cook the Books. I was inspired to make a simple honey cake that was used as a sacrifice to the Roma…
Do you imagine that all ancient Romans spent their time indulging in lavish banquets? Ordinary people ate ordinary meals that were not very different from what we eat today.
Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City is a well-researched cookbook that delciously defines Roman culinary tradition.
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A sumptuous and versatile recipe for a creamy Roman custard straight from the pages of De Re Coquinaria.
Giada De Laurentiis' Roman-Style Chicken, from Everyday Italian on Food Network, is the perfect make-ahead recipe; it tastes even better reheated the next day.
Instead of cookbooks, Romans passed down their recipes by word of mouth and through stories, like Roman Cheesecake.
“Make a savillum thus: Mix half a libra* of flour and two and a half librae of cheese, as is done for libum [another kind of cheesecake]. Add 1/4 libra of honey and 1 egg. Grease an earthe…
Savillum meets Kalitsounia in this 2,500-year-old recipe for a sumptuous goat-cheese and honey cake fit for a banquet.... or for a midnight snack following a raucous game of kottabos!
Food from the past is a lot less complicated than today and it is generally healthy. Just as we're obsessed today by delicious flavours, so too were the ancient Romans. Only difference being, they resorted to spices rather than to...
Any trip to Rome should include sampling authentic Roman specialties like meat and vegetable dishes, as well as pasta and a plethora of fried foods.
