lentil soup

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Comfort Food the Ancient Greek Way: Zeno of Citium’s Lentil Soup Recipe

Zeno's lentil soup

For her book Meals and Recipes from Ancient Greece, author Eugenia Salza Prina Ricotti had to become something of a food detective. The Greeks didn’t have cookbooks as we do; instead, hints at their cuisine exist in their literature, in… More»

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