Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's Day cake with a coin hidden inside. It's traditional for each family to have its own Vasilopita, which means St. Basil's bread. A piece is cut for each family member.

Woman kneading bread, c. 500–475 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Credit: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 2.5 Modern chefs have been recreating bread from ancient Greece that has been intricately woven ...

The ancient Greek diet: Before the New World influence Before New World ingredients arrived, the ancient Greek diet was simple. It suited the local environment perfectly, primarily relying on locally ...

Bread has been a common staple for many cultures around the world since ancient times. But have you ever wondered how bread from, say, thousands of years ago would have tasted compared to sliced stuff ...