Dining on Turtles: Food Feasts and Drinking in History
Description
As gentlemen of the Royal Society in London sat down to their turtle dinner in 1793 they were participating in an historical event: an act simultaneously of fine dining and colonialism. Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are explored here offering new insights into the past.
Keywords
FOOD_HISTORYDINNERS AND DINING
2007Book
Author(s)Tanja Luckins
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230517158
LanguageEnglish
