Just a Hungry Human Doing My Best
Welcome to my little corner of the internet, where I cook my way through history armed with curiosity, stacks of library books, an internet connection, AI, and a willingness to ask extremely specific questions about what somebody might have eaten 4,000 years ago.
First things first: I am not a historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, nutritionist, chef, or cultural expert. I’m a regular person who loves history and food and somehow decided combining the two sounded like a reasonable hobby.
I research these posts using a mix of books, academic and archaeological sources, online resources, and AI-assisted research and writing. I do my best to compare sources, follow the evidence, and distinguish between what we know, what historians or archaeologists think probably happened, what is still debated, and what is historically plausible.
The recipes are approached the same way. Sometimes we have actual historical recipes to work from. Sometimes we have ingredient lists, archaeological evidence, written accounts, or other clues. And sometimes we’re staring at several thousand years of silence and doing our best with what survived. When a recipe is a reconstruction rather than something directly documented, I try to make that clear.
That said, I can’t promise that every detail is 100% historically or culturally accurate. Our understanding of the past changes as new evidence is discovered, sources can disagree, and sometimes the historical or archaeological record simply doesn’t give us an answer.
And on a more practical level, this is a part-time passion project. I have a job, a family, and a life outside of Time Traveling Table. I genuinely put a lot of research and care into what I publish, but I’m also just one person doing the best I can. I’ll occasionally miss something, misunderstand a source, or get something wrong.
So bring a little healthy scepticism to the table. If you spot something I’ve missed, I’m always happy to learn something new.
Now grab a fork and let’s see what’s for dinner.
Time Traveling Table is a hobby, but unfortunately ancient grains, obscure ingredients, library fines, and keeping a website on the internet are not free.
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