Archestratus and the Secrets of Ancient Greek Gastronomy

Archestratus and the Secrets of Ancient Greek Gastronomy

Ancient Greek poet and philosopher of Gela or Syracuse Archestratus was the first to approach cooking as an art. The origin of modern day word gastronomy (meaning Rules of the Stomach) is attributed to Archestratus, Europe’s first gourmet writer, and his later readers who knew his poem by the name Gastronomia…READ MORE

19 April 2013
Original Author: Greekreporter