Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Monday BBC2 at 21:00 Series in which restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time they travel back to the early days of the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, Senator Giles dons a toga while Vestal Virgin Sue dresses in tunics and keeps the fires of Rome burning. Italian chef and cookery writer Valentina Harris slaves away in the marbled kitchen, cooking extraordinary meals, including the stinking fish sauce known as garum. When not gorging on delights from Valentina's kitchen, Giles and Sue try out the popular Roman snack lagana, the precursor of pizza and pasta, while attending the Colosseum.......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ly7by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Monday BBC2 at 21:00 Series in which restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time they travel back to the early days of the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, Senator Giles dons a toga while Vestal Virgin Sue dresses in tunics and keeps the fires of Rome burning. Italian chef and cookery writer Valentina Harris slaves away in the marbled kitchen, cooking extraordinary meals, including the stinking fish sauce known as garum. When not gorging on delights from Valentina's kitchen, Giles and Sue try out the popular Roman snack lagana, the precursor of pizza and pasta, while attending the Colosseum.......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ly7by When I try to play the video it says "not available in your area." Waaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Didn't work for me either. Probably not available outside the UK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 ...including the stinking fish sauce known as garum. Garum. It's always about the garum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Here's last night's show on the BBC i-player, Not sure whether it works outside of the UK though??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Here's last night's show on the BBC i-player, Not sure whether it works outside of the UK though??? UK only. Grrr.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulvia Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 What a hard, hard life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus silanus Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 This was an interesting part of a fun series. Giles Coren and Sue Perkins are both endearing characters and they have provided quite a bit of both entertainment and information - to be Reithian. Although the Roman component did not make me groan with hunger in the same way as the Edwardian and Louis XVI programmes, it did provide a little irony. As everyone winced at, for example, the description of garum, how many realised that the recipe is almost identical to the modern Thai fish sauce so predominant in their cuisine so fashionable in the West? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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