Before a dish leaves the pass at a restaurant kitchen, a chef reaches for a bottle of garum, a fermented fish condiment that ...

You won't find much — if any — mention of garum, the fermented fish-based condiment, on the menus at the San Francisco restaurants Saison or Angler. But a few dribbles of this umami-rich elixir make ...

Top Spanish chefs have endorsed garum as a fishy sauce with deep roots in Spanish and Roman history. Illustration by Rebecca Bradley Garum has long been considered the dodo of gastronomic history. The ...

The Roman empire was one of the most powerful civilizations to ever exist. Here’s one of the foods that gave them their edge. When we think of superfoods today, our minds often go to kale, quinoa or ...

What would be on the menu for a banquet at the home of a rich Roman at the end of the first century A.D.? A dozen guests reclining on couches would wait for slaves to carry laden dishes to the table.