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Farrell Monaco | Winner of Best Special Interest Food Blog by Saveur Magazine
Farrell Monaco | Winner of Best Special Interest Food Blog by Saveur Magazine

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COMMISSIONED ARTICLES

BBC Travel (Global/UK) | June 30, 2023 – Adoreum: the newly discovered flatbread fresco of Pompeii

BBC Travel (Global/UK) | April 7, 2023 – Arculata: The bread that survived Pompeii

Atlas Obscura (Global/USA) | January 26, 2021 – Reconstructing the Menu of a Pub in Ancient Pompeii: Eat like a first-century Roman, using recent archaeological discoveries as your guide.

AWARDS

Mary Beard and Farrell Monaco
Mary Beard and Farrell Monaco

University of Leicester (Leicester, UK) | September 10, 2021 – Winner of Vaughan Prize for Community Engagement with Outreach

Saveur Magazine (Global/USA) | November 14, 2019 – Winner of Best Special Interest Food Blog (Editor’s Choice) for the 2019 Saveur Magazine Blog Awards.

University of Leicester (Leicester, UK) | July 17, 2019 – Winner of John Wacher Dissertation Prize for Roman Studies (2019)

FEATURE ARTICLES

MEN’S HEALTH (SPAIN) | November 5, 2021 – Reconstruyen el pan que los romanos comían en Pompeya

POPULAR SCIENCE | September 8, 2021 – Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | May 25, 2021 – Backen wie die Römer: So wird historisches Pompeji-Brot gebacken

VISIT NAPLES | 25 May 2021 – 2000-year-old bread in Pompeii: Farrell Monaco, a culinary archaeologist, tells the story

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | May 20, 2021 – El pan de Pompeya

VISIT NAPLES | 18 May 2021 – The 2,000-year-old bread found at Pompeii excavations

VISIT NAPLES | 18 May 2021 – Il pane antico di 2000 anni fa ritrovato tra gli scavi di Pompei

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | May 4, 2021 – Re-creating 2,000-year-old bread found in Pompeii, post-Vesuvius

THE EUROPEAN – DAS DEBATTEN MAGAZIN (GERMANY) | January 2021 – Kulturpolitik in Pompeji: Berechtigter Presserummel um neue Funde und Graffiti? by Polly Lohmann

DISSAPORE (ITALY) | January 29, 2021 – E se il termopolio di Pompei fosse stato, in verità, un pub? by Dario di Marco

ESQUIRE ITALIA (ITALY) | January 28, 2021 – Il menu di una locanda dell’antica Pompei (e come cucinarselo a casa)

POMPEII COMMITMENT – ARCHAEOLOGY MATTERS (ITALY) | January 14, 2021 – The School of Pompeii 04 by Elena Mazzi

BREWMINATE (USA) | September 29, 2020 – A few experimental archaeologists are reclaiming recipes from ancient societies by Keridwen Cornelius

THE ATLANTIC (USA) | August 29, 2020 – What Bread Tasted Like 4,000 Years Ago by Keridwen Cornelius

SAPIENS MAGAZINE (USA) | August 20, 2020 – Pandemic Bakers Bring the Past to Life by Keridwen Cornelius

S7 MAGAZINE (RUSSIA) | July 7, 2019 – Link to pdf article here

SATURNO NOTIZIE (ITALY) | May 17, 2020 – A tavola con i nostri antenati, cosa mangiavano i romani? by Chiara Verdini

IL GIORNALE DEL CIBO (ITALY) | April 9, 2020 – Rivivere I Banchetti Dell’antica Roma? È Possibile, Grazie All’archeologia Gastronomica by Giulia Zamboni Gruppioni Petruzzelli

THE ECONOMIST – 1843 MAGAZINE (UK) | November 14, 2019 – How to eat like an Etruscan did (2,000 years ago) by John Hooper

MADE IN POMPEI (ITALY) | September, 2019 – Archeologia e gastronomia si uniscono: ecco il Panis Quadratus: L’iniziativa di Farrell Monaco e Carmelo Esposito per realizzare il pane di Pompei by Marco Pirollo

THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER (UK) | August 11, 2019 – Dig in! Archaeologists serve up ancient menus for modern tables by James Tapper

S7 MAGAZINE (RUSSIA) | June 2019 – Link to pdf article here

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE (GERMANY) | November 25, 2018 – “Was man in der Küche von den Etruskern lernen kann” by Jessica Jungbauer

MADE IN POMPEI (ITALY) | September 23, 2018 – “La funzione dei solchi sul Panis Quadratus: svelati i misteri sui pani carbonizzati rinvenuti a Pompei” by Marco Pirollo

ATLAS OBSCURA (USA) | January 19, 2018 – “Putting Ancient Recipes on The Plate” by Jessica Leigh Hester

THE INQUISITR (USA) | December 16, 2017 – “The Archaeologist’s Christmas: The Exciting Trend Of Cuneiform Tablet Cookies For The Holidays” by Kristine Moore

INTERVIEWS

How To Eat Like an Etruscan Did (2000 Years Ago) - The Economist Magazine
How To Eat Like an Etruscan Did (2000 Years Ago) – The Economist Magazine

THE ITALIAN RADIO HOUR | August 18, 2022 – The Italian Radio Hour – Farrell Monaco and the Panis Quadratus

TIA SÁNG | June 27, 2021 – M? cánh c?a b??c vào ti?m ?n Pompeii c? ??i

FOX 11 – GOOD DAY LA | June 30, 2021 – Fox 11’s Michaela Pereira joins archaeologist, Farrell Monaco, for an ancient Roman bread tasting

NEWSTALK WITH SEAN MONCRIEFF (IRELAND) | February 1, 2021 – A Pompeii Menu

VERVE MAGAZINE (NEW ZEALAND) | July 30, 2019 – Ancient Eats with Farrell Monaco

WORLD HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA (USA) | May 22, 2019 – Dinner with the Romans: An Interview with Farrell Monaco

BBC WORLD SERVICE (UK) | December 26, 2018 – Food Chain with Emily Thomas – What does 2,000 year old bread taste like?

BBC WORLD SERVICE (UK) | October 18, 2018 – Food Chain with Emily Thomas – Aristocrats and Archaeo-Food Nerds

RADIO NEW ZEALAND (NEW ZEALAND) | March 15, 2018 – This Way Up with Simon Morton – “Edible archaeology: recreating Pompeii’s bread”

WGN Radio (USA) | March 6, 2018 – The Nick Digilio Show – “The study of food…tells us everything about ourselves.” Archaeologist Farrell Monaco on making ancient civilizations’ recipes”.

MENTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

MILK STREET RADIO (USA) | November 23, 2021 – Friends of Milk Street Radio Share Their Thanksgiving Memories

ATLAS OBSCURA (USA) | November 17, 2021 – Before Haunted Houses, There Were Hell Banquets by Samantha O’Brien

DOCUMENTARIES

GASTRO OBSCURA / ATLAS OBSCURA | March 25, 2022 – How to Recreate Ancient Bread

Fox 11's Michaela Pereira joins archaeologist, Farrell Monaco, for an ancient Roman bread tasting
Fox 11’s Michaela Pereira joins archaeologist, Farrell Monaco, for an ancient Roman bread tasting.

PODCASTS

The Old School Kitchen: Farrell Monaco
The Old School Kitchen: Farrell Monaco

THE DELICIOUS LEGACY | November 14, 2023 – Around the Ancient Roman Kitchen – Cooks, Bakers, Cheesemakers

EAT THIS PODCAST WITH JEREMY CHERFAS | December 6, 2021 – A visit to an ancient Roman bakery: Behind the scenes at the Mulino di Silvano in Ostia Antica

CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL’S MILK STREET RADIO | October 8, 2021 – Beyond Soul Food: The True Story of Black Cuisine

THE FROMMER’S TRAVEL SHOW | July 4, 2021 – A Year As a Traveling Carnival Worker, Plus Tasting the Foods of Ancient Rome Today

SAPIENS (USA) | 27 October 2020 – When at Home, Bake as the Romans Baked

EXARC – FINALLY FRIDAY (NETHERLANDS) | 30 May 2020 – History in Bite Size Chunks – The Ancient Bread Episode

ANTHRODISH PODCAST (CANADA) | April 2, 2019 – Recreating the Foods of Ancient Rome

THE FEAST PODCAST (CANADA) | April 2, 2019 – Nailed It: Ancient Roman Edition

A TASTE OF HISTORY/HERITAGE RADIO NETWORK (USA) | February 1, 2018 – A Taste of The Past with Linda Pelaccio – “Tasting Ancient Rome: Recreating Ancient Recipes and What Archaeology Tells Us”

GUEST POSTS

ARCH INTERNATIONAL (USA) | May 15, 2018 – We Are What We Eat: How The Archaeology Of Food Conveys Expression Of Identity

ACCOLADES

SAVEUR MAGAZINE (USA) | September 17, 2019 – Nominee for Best Special Interest Food Blog for the 2019 Saveur Magazine Blog Awards.

SAVEUR MAGAZINE (USA) | August 23, 2018 – Nominee for Best Special Interest Food Blog for the 2018 Saveur Magazine Blog Awards.