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Libum Adoreum: il recente affresco di una focaccia scoperto a Pompeii
Articoli in Italiano, Edible Archaeology, Pastry, Pizza, Pompeii, The Old-School Kitchen, Vegetarian

Libum Adoreum: il recente affresco di una focaccia scoperto a Pompeii

A Pompeii è stato scoperto un nuovo affresco raffigurante una focaccia italiana. L’archeologa culinaria Farrell Monaco propone una ricetta per prepararla e spiega perché non è una pizza.

Farrell Monaco National Geographic Roman Bread Experimental Archaeology
Ancient Recipes, Bread, Experimental Archaeology, Italy, Pompeii

Re-creating 2,000-year-old bread found in Pompeii, post-Vesuvius

In A.D. 79 the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, and carbonized many of their organic contents—including the bread in Pompeii’s bakeries. Farrell Monaco, a culinary archaeologist, researched one popular bread’s history and has re-created the recipe.