{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F3e9ee7bd-0fbf-4310-a8a8-00b0ca3b6048","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Christmas Feasting with Annie Gray","description":"Neil kicks off the season with a Christmas special, talking Christmas feasting \u2013 and cooking \u2013 with scholar and author Dr Annie Gray. Annie is author of books such as the excellent The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria and Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill\u2019s Cook. Her new book At Christmas We Feast: Festive Food Through the Ages, published by Profile Books, is out now in paperback, and she kindly came on the podcast to tell me about it. \nWe talked about many things including the myths and misconceptions about the food we eat at Christmas, why and we feast, and how the feast of Christmas has changed through time, what the Victorian\u2019s DIDN\u2019T invent, jelly, wassail, the ancient Christmas centrepiece the boar\u2019s head, trifle, Yorkshire Christmas Pye, and the recipes contained within the book. \nAt Christmas we Feast is published by Profile Books: https://profilebooks.com/work/at-christmas-we-feast/ \nFind Annie on social media: @DrAnnieGray on Twitter and Instagram. \nHer website is www.anniegray.co.uk \nThings mentioned in today\u2019s episode: \nView Francatelli\u2019s book The Modern Cook here: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Modern_Cook/F68_6rvpwdsC?hl=en&gbpv=0 \nNeil\u2019s disastrous Yorkshire Christmas Pye: http://neilcooksgrigson.com/2021/12/22/445-to-make-a-yorkshire-christmas-pye-part-2/ \nNeil\u2019s Smoking Bishop recipe: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2018/12/14/smoking-bishop/ Neil\u2019s book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481 \nIf you want to buy a signed copy directly from Neil for \u00a318 + postage (\u00a32.85 if within the UK, the going rate if outside!). Contact him via email or social media if you fancy it (see below). \nAlso, don\u2019t forget there will be another postbag episode at the end of the season. If you have any questions or queries about today\u2019s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open. You can now find me at Mastodon too: @neilbuttery@mastodon.gastrokon.com. \nJoin the new British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1474543579696033 \nIf you like my blog posts and podcast episodes, please consider a monthly subscription or buying me a virtual coffee or a pint? Go to https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/ for more details.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0b20cb12-50c9-4001-8d54-ea3583d5ad6e/lF4SC2T2DkIqdVVjfwtiGu3K.jpg"}