De Gustibus...et Nunc est Bibendum.

My quest for the ancient Roman fish sauce in Cádiz, Spain.

I went to Cádiz, the oldest city in western Europe, to track down Flor de Garum, a version of the ancient fish sauce recreated by archaeologists and food technicians at the local university. I booked some meetings with local chefs who were using garum in their cooking, among them Mauro Barreiro, of La Curiosidad de Mauro. But first I decided to get to k…