BlogHide Resteemsthecuriouscook (25)in travel • 6 years agoTraveling à la MinimalistNext month, my husband Andrew and I will be traveling to the Balkans for 3 weeks. I made the epic decision to ditch my bulky old 55L backpack and replace it with a 40L carry-on pack. After…thecuriouscook (25)in food • 7 years agoAncient Rome: Non-stick Cookware and Honey-Dipped DormiceWall painting (1st century AD) from Pompeii depicting a multi-generational banquet Nothing tickles my fancy more than a good food-history related unearthing. Recently a treasure trove of pottery…thecuriouscook (25)in recipe • 7 years agoRECIPE: Conditum Paradoxum (Roman Spiced Wine)You know how it goes, you start your day off by looking up something super benign and end up down a worm hole that leads you to an Ancient Roman spiced wine recipe. This is how on a snow-stormy…