What did people eat in Shakespeare’s England? In Much Ado About Cooking, food historian Sam Bilton uncovers the surprising world of early modern cuisine, a delicious world shaped by global trade, humoral medicine, and delight in spectacle.
After playing Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, actor John Tufts wrote a cookbook, Fat Rascals: Dining at Shakespeare’s Table. He shares how to make a pork pasty inspired by Titus Andronicus and the 17th-century chef Robert May.
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