Eating With the Tudors

Eating with the Tudors is an extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes that tell the**xA0;story of a dramatically changing world in sixteenth-century England.**xA0;This book highlights how religion, reformation and politics influenced what was served on a**xA0;Tudor's dining table from the very beginning of Henry VII's reign to the final days of**xA0;Elizabeth I's rule. Discover interesting little food snippets from Tudor society, carefully researched**xA0;from household account books, manuscripts, letters, wills, diaries and varied works by**xA0;Tudor physicians, herbalists and chronologists.**xA0;Find out about the Tudor's obsession with food and uncover which key ingredients were the most**xA0;popular choice. Rediscover old Tudor favourites that once again are being celebrated in**xA0;trendy restaurants and learn about the new, exotic food that excited and those foods that**xA0;failed to meet the Elizabethan expectations. Eating with the Tudors explains the whole concept of what a healthy balanced meal meant to the people**xA0;of Tudor England and the significance and symbology of certain food and its**xA0;availability throughout the year.**xA0;Gain an insight into the world of Tudor food, its role to establish class, belonging and status and be tempted to re-create some iconic Tudor flavours and experience for yourself the many**xA0;varied and delicious seasonal tastes that Tudor dishes have to offer. Spice up your culinary**xA0;habits and step back in time to recreate a true Tudor feast by impressing your guests the Tudor**xA0;way or prepare a New Year's culinary gift fit for a Tudor monarch.