Booking opens 1st February 2027.
Forks and salt-cellars, Bacchus and the Garden of Eden, medieval banquets, coffee-houses - through centuries, food and its rituals have been celebrated, their world analysed and complex ideas of morality developed. At the home, food is an opportunity to flaunt money and status, with shifting fashions and styles of eating. Nicole Mezey examines the significance of food and feasting and its symbolism for faith, wealth and even gender.