Fried thrushes were ancient Roman street food in Mallorca, not just an elite delicacy

A recent archaeological discovery in the ancient Roman city of Pollentia on the Spanish island of Mallorca is rewriting the history of Roman culinary habits. Researchers have provided firm evidence that thrushes—small migratory songbirds—were not only an elite food among Roman nobility, as previously believed, but were also a street food sold and consumed by […]