Test Kitchen: Unwinding with the Ancient Babylonians

There’s nothing better than a steaming hot bowl of soup on a chilly fall day. While the residents of ancient Mesopotamia did not experience cold as some of us do, they could appreciate the comfort a warm bowl of soup brings after a sickness or on a cold, rainy day. For this round of BAR Test Kitchen, we’ve recreated Babylonian Unwinding Stew. In this case, “unwinding” doesn’t necessarily refer to relaxing after a long day, although that interpretation isn’t outside the realm of possibility as comfort dishes similar to this stew are known from the medieval period. “Unwinding” in […]