Food and drink history podcast episodes
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TudoraudioFood history: everything you wanted to know
Annie Gray tackles listener questions on culinary history, from Tudor breakfast to the oldest recipe books and the history of vegetarianism
- Victorianaudio
Eliza Acton: Britain’s first modern cookery writer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Annabel Abbs discusses the first modern cookery writer Eliza Acton, the subject of her new novel The Language of Food
MedievalaudioSaturday lecture: Medieval food
Chris Woolgar presents a broad survey of what, when and how people ate during the middle ages
GeorgianaudioFood and war
Rachel B Hermann describes how food and hunger played a critical role in the story of the American Revolution
Second World WaraudioCarrot conspiracies & digging for victory: feeding Britain in WW2
John Martin charts the mission to save Britain from starvation during the Second World War
20th CenturyaudioCooking for Churchill
Annie Gray tells the story of Georgina Landemare, who became Winston Churchill’s cook during the Second World War
VictorianaudioThe teashop empire
Thomas Harding describes how a family of Jewish immigrants to Britain in the 19th century created one of the country’s best-known food companies
