Eat, Drink & Be Merry: The British at Table 1600-2000

by Day, Ivan

• ISBN13: 9780856675195
• ISBN10: 0856675199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd

Summary

This multi-authored and well-illustrated book, with contributions from specialists in the fine and decorative arts and the history of food, is concerned with tracing the evolution of British eating habits from the Renaissance to the dawn of the new millennium. An accessible yet scholarly work with a strong visual appeal, it demonstrates through paintings and re-creations of table settings how the main meals of the day have developed over the past four centuries. Food and the decorative arts associated with the table are discussed in the context of their social and historical backgrounds.

Table of Contents

Preface & Acknowledgements	7	(2)
About the Contributors	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(4)
Feasting and Celebrating	15	(32)
The Garter Feast of 1671	33	(5)
Peter Brears
The Duke of Newcastle's Feast	38	(9)
Ivan Day
Dinner is Served	47	(44)
By Bread Alone?	69	(10)
Laura Mason
Regency Ragoos and Royal Service	79	(12)
Peter Brown
The Great British Breakfast	91	(16)
The Ideal and the Real	97	(10)
Eileen White
Teatime	107	(24)
Ivan Day
The Great Outdoors	131	(18)
C. Anne Wilson
A Meal for the Millennium	149	(6)
Lisa Chaney
Photographic Credits	155	(1)
Notes and References	156	(4)
Select Bibliography	160	(3)
Glossary	163	(4)
Index	167