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Julia Fine
Eating plants in the early modern world
Shakespeare and Beyond
Eating plants in the early modern world
Explore turmeric, cinnamon, mint, and sugar to learn more about plants as food, and what they reveal about the early modern age and today.
Much Ado About Stuffing: Recreating an early modern stuffing recipe
Shakespeare and Beyond
Much Ado About Stuffing: Recreating an early modern stuffing recipe
Photo credit: Brittany Diliberto, Bee Two Sweet Today, turkey and stuffing are central fare on the holiday table. But turkeys weren’t even known in England until the 1520s, when they were introduced by explorers returning from the Americas. Turkey was…
Food culture and First Chefs: Appreciating the layers of meaning behind food in Shakespeare’s world and our own
Shakespeare and Beyond
Food culture and First Chefs: Appreciating the layers of meaning behind food in Shakespeare’s world and our own
In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio grabs a leg of roast mutton and throws it to the ground. Doing so, he exclaims, “it engenders choler, planteth anger,/ And better ‘twere that both of us did fast.” As food…