Farrell Monaco
Farrell Monaco is an award-winning experimental archaeologist and bread baker.
Pistrinum Bakery - Shipping to North America with Goldbelly!
Pistrinum Bakery - Shipping to North America with Goldbelly!
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Tavola Mediterranea - Home of Culinary Archaeology on the Web
Tavola Mediterranea - Home of Culinary Archaeology on the Web
Have you ever wanted to experience the breads and pastries of Ancient Rome? Now you can! Farrell Monaco is an award-winning Roman archaeologist, baker, and public educator whose research (and baking!) centers on food from the Roman Mediterranean. Farrell is recognized for her experimental archaeology projects, featured on her site Tavola Mediterranea, where she recreates Ancient Roman recipes using techniques and ingredients sourced from archeological research in addition to ancient texts and art. In 2021, she launched her online bakery, Pistrinum, on a mission to revive ancient Roman cooking traditions and recreate breads and pastries enjoyed thousands of years ago in Ancient Rome. Now shipping nation-wide with Goldbelly!
Archaeologists resurrect ancient Roman recipes for Pompeii bake sale
Archaeologists resurrect ancient Roman recipes for Pompeii bake sale
Centuries-old bread found in town’s buried bakeries recreated and sampled by tourists at historic site’s first agricultural fair
Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
Alice embarks on her most ambitious journey to date, in search of the Roman Empire, travelling 1300 miles through Italy, France and Spain to discover the origins and secrets of Rome’s success
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Make bread like a Roman @ Atlas Obscura
Make bread like a Roman @ Atlas Obscura
What did bread from ancient Pompeii taste like? Farrell Monaco knows. The experimental archaeologist replicates ancient technologies and specific ingredients...
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Experimental Approaches to Roman Archaeology
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Experimental Approaches to Roman Archaeology
Old World Fresh Sourdough Bread Starter Kit by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
Old World Fresh Sourdough Bread Starter Kit by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
Cuddura di Pasqua: Italian Easter bread that is also consumed on Easter Monday
Cuddura di Pasqua: Italian Easter bread that is also consumed on Easter Monday
La Cuddura di Pasqua: un pane dolce italiano della tradizione cristiana che affonda le sue radici in Etruria e nell'antica Roma
La Cuddura di Pasqua: un pane dolce italiano della tradizione cristiana che affonda le sue radici in Etruria e nell'antica Roma
Un uovo a fare da decorazione di un dolce pasquale italiano acquista senso una volta che capiamo cosa rappresenta: è il simbolo della resurrezione di Gesù Cristo. Ma la rappresentazione di un uovo come simbolo della resurrezione non è cominciata con la chiesa cristiana, o con le generazioni di panificatori del Mezzogiorno: tutto è cominciato in Etruria.
"Panis Quadratus" Pompeii Sourdough Loaf by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea - Goldbelly
"Panis Quadratus" Pompeii Sourdough Loaf by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea - Goldbelly
Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea ships its "Panis Quadratus" Pompeii Sourdough Loaf nationwide on Goldbelly®. Order from 850+ top restaurants, food shops & chefs in 50 states — only on Goldbelly. Guaranteed to arrive fresh. Shop now.
Dulcia Piperata: Perhaps Ancient Romans Missed Their Grandmothers Too
Dulcia Piperata: Perhaps Ancient Romans Missed Their Grandmothers Too
Have you ever had an experience when you were out for dinner and a dish was served that, when it hit your palate, sent you reeling on a sensory roller-coaster back to a time and place in your life that was associated with someone that you loved dearly? I have, but I never expected it to happen to me within the sphere of my research. After all, ancient Roman food has nothing to do with my Swedish grandmother and her Ukrainian friends, right?... Wrong.
Arculata: The bread that survived Pompeii
Arculata: The bread that survived Pompeii
"Ptisana'" Bean + Barley Stew by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
"Ptisana'" Bean + Barley Stew by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea ships its "Ptisana'" Bean + Barley Stew nationwide on Goldbelly®. Order from 850+ top restaurants, food shops & chefs in 50 states — only on Goldbelly. Guaranteed to arrive fresh. Shop now.
Museum Magazine Pompeii Edition
Museum Magazine Pompeii Edition
Discover a range of home wares, gifts and designer products including Fink, Dinosaur Design and Bison. The Museum Shop stocks a wide range of Australian Made and Designed products , discover more today.
How was the Panis Quadratus of Pompeii REALLY made?
How was the Panis Quadratus of Pompeii REALLY made?
The Signaculum 79 - Roman Bread Stamp by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
The Signaculum 79 - Roman Bread Stamp by Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea | Goldbelly
Pistrinum by Tavola Mediterranea ships its The Signaculum 79 - Roman Bread Stamp nationwide on Goldbelly®. Order from 850+ top restaurants, food shops & chefs in 50 states — only on Goldbelly. Guaranteed to arrive fresh. Shop now.
What's the oldest known recipe?
What's the oldest known recipe?
Cooking is an essential part of human culture, but people haven't always written down recipes the way we do now.
Recreating an Ancient Roman Dinner of Death
Recreating an Ancient Roman Dinner of Death
To investigate the legend of Emperor Domitian’s Black Banquet, we made our own macabre feast.
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Adoreum: the newly discovered flatbread fresco of Pompeii
Adoreum: the newly discovered flatbread fresco of Pompeii
A new fresco depicting an Italian flatbread has been discovered at Pompeii. Culinary archaeologist Farrell Monaco offers a recipe to make it and explains why it's not a pizza.
Libum Adoreum: il recente affresco di una focaccia scoperto a Pompeii
Libum Adoreum: il recente affresco di una focaccia scoperto a Pompeii
The Panis Quadratus: Key Ingredients
The Panis Quadratus: Key Ingredients
Curse like a Roman: The COVID Curse Tablet Rolling Pin
Curse like a Roman: The COVID Curse Tablet Rolling Pin
Arculata: le ciambelle sopravvissute Pompeii
Arculata: le ciambelle sopravvissute Pompeii
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Edible Archaeology: Gingerbread Cuneiform Tablets
Edible Archaeology: Gingerbread Cuneiform Tablets
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Experimental Approaches to Roman Archaeology
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Experimental Approaches to Roman Archaeology
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