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Ursula's Historical Recipes Cooking archaeologist Dr. Ursula Janssen presents recipes & curiosities from culinary history & archaeology. I (Ursula) am a culinary archaeologist and author.

We are an international family that has decided to settle down in Southern Italy after having lived on three continents. My husband Manoocher is a photojournalist who has worked around the globe for international agencies and magazines and who decided to settle down to farm and to share his work and life experience. Together with our daughter we share this place with a dog, cats and some chickens who kindly provide us with eggs. We firmly believe in km 0 products and sustainable living. Hence we grow most of our fruits and vegetables, make our own wine and olive oil, and use solar power.

Hanging persimmons to dry. We’ve so many persimmons this year that we’re trying new ways of preserving them. This is a p...
02/11/2026

Hanging persimmons to dry. We’ve so many persimmons this year that we’re trying new ways of preserving them. This is a process from Japan called Hoshigaki.
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A farmhouse in Puglia. An archaeologist who excavates flavour. And a table set 4,000 years ago.Dr. Ursula Janssen is an ...
31/10/2026

A farmhouse in Puglia. An archaeologist who excavates flavour. And a table set 4,000 years ago.
Dr. Ursula Janssen is an archaeologist specializing in the ancient Middle East, and one of the rare people who can turn a Mesopotamian recipe into something
you actually want to eat . Her workshops and dining experiences span from Ancient Mesopotamia to the
Renaissance, always grounded in history, always reproducible at home.
Whether you join for a day or stay for a residency, the experience is shaped around you — your curiosity, your level, your questions about how people lived, ate, and made sense of the world.
📍 Puglia, Italy
📅 Dates & booking via VAWAA

Design & text by Cris Mascort Cris Mascort / EST+6

Happy International Pasta Day!🍝🍜🥟
25/10/2026

Happy International Pasta Day!
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Our fresh olive oil straight from the oil mill under the kitchen lamp to check the color. 👍🟢
20/10/2026

Our fresh olive oil straight from the oil mill under the kitchen lamp to check the color.
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Harvested 437 kg of olives this weekend for olive oil.🫒
19/10/2026

Harvested 437 kg of olives this weekend for olive oil.
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Happy World B**r Day! 🍻🍺 **rday **r
07/08/2026

Happy World B**r Day! 🍻
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