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Eat Like a Roman, Part 4: Baking Placenta

No! Not that kind of placenta! Are you kidding?
10.23.08
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Eat Like a Roman, Part 3

The word “salad” meant something very different to the Romans. They called for smashing several herbs together in a mortar with fresh cheese.
03.20.08
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Eat Like a Roman, Part 2

Maybe you’ve never heard of garum before. It’s not as common as ketchup or soy sauce, but it once had a similar function.
01.15.08
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Eat Like a Roman

I stumbled upon a weird ceramic vessel filled with holes. It turned out to be glirarium, a jar for breeding dormice for culinary purposes.
11.30.07
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