On Friday, April 24th, was held in the Aranjuez Campus activity “Cooking up history: a workshop on ancient sweets”Organized by the Professor Helena Domínguez del Triunfo, Professor in the area of ​​Ancient History, which had the helps Plans Professors Nuria Morère Molinero and Claudia Alonso Moreno, from the same area.

The proposal was developed in the Marco of the Culture Week 2026, Organized by the Vice-Rectorate for Social Responsibility, Culture and Sportand took place in the Governor's House Building on the Aranjuez Campus. Between the attendees There were students of a great diversity de interests y degrees, mainly from campus de Aranjuez (Fine Arts, Fashion Design and Management, Comprehensive Design and Image Management), but also of other degrees, faculties and campuses (Tourism, Business Administration, Law, International Relations, Psychology), as well as a teacher.

The activity was divided into Two parts. In the primeraProfessor Dominguez gave a talk about the evolution of cooking and especially the confectionery in the Antiquity, primarily in Mesopotamia, eventually reaching Greece and RomeThis explained the available sources and the studies carried out so far for try to recreate ingredients and recipes, as well as the uses of sweet in the daily life or religion in these societiesamong others. Subsequently, the cooking workshop in the next room, which houses the kitchens used by the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences.

They were selected two recipes to recreate: el ceremonial bread libumcharacteristic of the period Romanianwhich helped to understand the connection that the Romans had with their household gods, and a variant of Mesopotamian recipe, the mersuThis second one, which is based on the Dates, pistachios, and honey, serves to explain the transmission from east to west via Plans customs and food in the ancient world. Furthermore, Two recipes were provided so that the attendees could repeat them at home. The day was a <strong>success</strong> and gave the opportunity to the participants to get closer to the ancient world of a active and playful way.

The organization thanks the management of the Aranjuez Campus, Gonzalo García (kitchen assistant), and the Cultural Unit of Rey Juan Carlos University for providing the venues. It also thanks the Faculty of Economics and Business.

You can see some snapshots of the meeting here: