Farro and pork cooked with a wine sauce as it might have been eaten by a Roman centurion stationed at Rome’s northernmost fort in Britain

Crispy and tender pork belly marinated in dill seeds, cumin, lovage, asafoetida, and garum with some optional gilding

Simple and delicious lentil soup with leek and ancient herbs

Essentially a spiral-shaped version of globi, this simple two-ingredient batter is fried and topped with honey and poppyseeds

A delicious sweet and savory sauce that I’m using with a roasted duck instead of flamingo

Slightly nutty fresh cheese that’s somewhere between  farmer’s cheese and mozzarella

A complex, savory sauce for poultry made with hazelnuts or almonds

A simple and tasty ancient Roman cheesecake sweetened with honey and sprinkled with poppy seeds

Honey, long pepper, and mushrooms combine for a simple but flavorful dish

Dates stuffed with nuts and long pepper, rolled in salt, and cooked in honey

A sweet egg frittata-like dish that has a classic combination of ancient Roman flavors of long pepper, garum, and cumin

Pizza in the style of a recently uncovered fresco in Pompeii with moretum, a Roman garlic-herb-cheese spread

An ancient Roman recipe for pork and meatballs stewed with apples in a fragrant sauce

A sort of frittata with eggs and fish, colored black by cuttlefish ink, and topped with jellyfish. Can’t say I recommend

Boiled artichokes with an ancient Roman sauce that is sweet with a hint of bitterness and garum funk

A marinated pot roast-like dish that’s wonderfully balanced with that unique ancient Roman flavor profile from the garum and asafoetida

Boiled cabbage made into a complex dish with a savory dressing and topped with herbs and spices

Ancient Roman spiced wine with a lot (perhaps too much?) of honey

A wonderful, sweet steak sauce that’s almost like a barbecue sauce

A refreshing, slightly smoky gladiator drink made with vinegar, honey, and culinary ash