The Arts Society, Havering
The Curious History of Christmas Food by Dr Peter Ross
A seasonal December talk from The Arts Society, Havering
Tuesday 13 December 2022
The foods we eat at Christmas have a long, curious and visually spectacular history. This lecture narrates and illustrates that history from Medieval boar’s head and brawn, by way of highly decorated seventeenth century mince pies to the almost forgotten Twelfth Night Cake. Medieval illuminated manuscripts, paintings and prints from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, and illustrations from cookery books provide us with images of some of the lost glories of the British Christmas feast.
Tuesday 13th December 10:30 am at the New Windmill Hall Upminster RM14 2QH.
The event is open to visitors for a fee of £8.00.
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