Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this week's video, I experiment with making the world's oldest cheesecake, which dates back to ancient Rome, more than 2000 years ago.

A big thank you to the research consultant of this video, Sarah Prince, researcher at University of St Andrews.

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Further Reading:

The Classical Cookbook by Sally Grainger and Andrew Dalby

archive.org/details/mporcicatonisdea00cato

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_agri_cultura