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Interpretation: Historic Food Provision
In addition to cookery demonstrations, in and out of character, I can also provide edible and inedible food for interpretation.
This adds an often significant sensory element, in the shape of smell, and helps with the overall credibility of the visitor experience. One of the most common assumptions when faced with food seems to be that it is plastic!
Past food provision includes:
- Medieval food for the Tower of London Christmas event, 2010.
- Tudor Food for Past Pleasures: three dishes prepared to withstand rough handling as part of a ‘meet Ann Boleyn’ event at Stoke Museum.
- Victorian pie for Audley End House: one raised pie prepared for publicity photographs for the ‘Service Wing Alive’ project.
- Victorian High Tea for a private party: thirteen C19th dishes and one enormous fruit cake.
