Pasta originated in Ancient Greece as thin slices of dough around 1000 BC, shaping the world’s favorite comfort food.

Burned crusts on ancient pottery reveal that Stone Age people cooked fish together with berries, seeds, and other plants.

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

No longer just a stopover, Athens has become a destination for Michelin-starred dining, outdoor movie theaters, rich textiles, and ancient sights.

Organic residues on pots from Northern and Eastern Europe show plants were an important part of the local diet several thousand years ago ...