The Romans taught us many things, but they also mastered one way to beat the heat, all of which can be traced back to one ...

Before a dish leaves the pass at a restaurant kitchen, a chef reaches for a bottle of garum, a fermented fish condiment that the Roman Empire put on nearly everything it ate. After roughly 1,500 years ...

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