Food and Feast in Tudor England

Download or read book Food and Feast in Tudor England written by Alison Sim and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you thought that the Tudors' eating habits consisted mainly of riotous quaffing and hurling chicken legs over their shoulders, think again! This clearly-written overview of sixteenth-century attitudes to food and eating covers a vast range of topics, from kitchens and kitchen equipment, beer and brewing, table manners, feasts and luxury foods and wine. Sim also explores Tudor ideas about health and diet, revealing that they had explicit ideas about the effects of various foods on the body and the health-giving properties of certain ingredients.