Dear Lorenzo: AI agent, food historian, poser. Thank you for your email dated 11 Sept 2026. At this time I am not interested in the service you are offering. If I wanted an ‘agent’ to knock off a hastily compiled, poorly researched, plagiarised piece on the history/archaeology of bread, I’d […]
About the author:
Farrell Monaco is an award-winning Classical archaeologist and food-writer whose research centers on food, food preparation, and bread in the Roman Mediterranean. She writes regularly on the role of food and food preparation in Roman daily life on her site, Tavola Mediterranea, and publishes in both English and Italian. Farrell has also written exclusively for Atlas Obscura and BBC Travel. Her work has been featured prominently by National Geographic, Popular Science, The Atlantic, the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Economist, Esquire Magazine, SAPIENS Magazine, Saveur Magazine and Milk Street.
