Feasting with Alexander the Great and an ancient Roman recipe for a complex sauce for poultry using ingredients that Alexander would have had

The foods served at lavish ancient Roman feasts and a recipe from the 2nd century BC for an early form of cheesecake

The history of one of the worst jobs: food taster, and a (non-toxic) recipe for mushrooms that might have poisoned the Roman Emperor Claudius

What going to the Colosseum was like, from acquiring a ticket to the schedule of the day, and an ancient recipe for stuffed dates that you could have snacked on

The history of different types of fermented fish sauce throughout the world and a sweet recipe using my homemade Roman garum

True fermented ancient Roman fish sauce and more garum history, because who doesn’t love the history of garum

The recently uncovered fresco in Pompeii that depicts what could be a pizza, and Pompeiian breadmaking

What Roman soldiers ate at the edge of the empire (a.k.a. Britain)

Emperor Domitian’s reign of terror, the sinister and elaborate black banquet that he threw, and an ancient Roman dish that would have fit right in

Extravagant Roman gardens, the hard-to-find ancient herbs I plan on growing in my backyard, and a 1st century recipe for artichokes with a sweet sauce

The ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia and a roasted goat dish that could have been served at a Lupercalian feast

The incredible health benefits of cabbage according to the ancient Romans, and a recipe for boiled cabbage from the 1st century

A brief overview of the various wines in ancient Rome and an ancient recipe for a spiced wine with honey

The incredible feasts of the Roman Emperor Nero, and a recipe for a sweet steak sauce from the 1st century

A list of 5 uncommon gladiators, and a drink that was given to them to refresh them, a gladiatorade, if you will

The life of a gladiator in ancient Rome, and a recipe of what they might have eaten as a staple of their diet

The talking cows of ancient Rome and the various roles cattle played in Roman culture, and a recipe for proto-burger patties

Olives and olive trees in the ancient world and a recipe for a tapenade-like chopped olive dish

Cato the Elder’s campaigns against Carthage, the Greek influence, and women, and one of his recipes for an ancient Roman cheesecake

Professional fancy man Petronius and his literary work the Satyricon, which included the extravagant feasts of Trimalchio, and a Roman recipe for stuffed pig fit for any feast