The Ancient Mediterranean Diet Wasn’t What You Think

It wasn't as defined as it is today By Konstantine Panegyres, University of Western Australia This terracotta depiction of a baker sitting in front of an oven dates from the early 5th century BCE. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY For Roman emperor Julian (332–363 CE), bread occupied a central place at the table. He described it as the food that “among us is thought to be the most…