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Celebrating Elizabethan Cooking, with Sam Bilton

Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited by Folger Shakespeare Library

Dec 16, 202500:34:37Arts

What did people really eat in Shakespeare’s England? In her new book, Much Ado About Cooking, food historian Sam Bilton uncovers the vibrant and surprising world of early modern cuisine—where sugar was locked away like t...

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Celebrating Elizabethan Cooking, with Sam Bilton is an episode from Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited by Folger Shakespeare Library. What did people really eat in Shakespeare’s England? In her new book, Much Ado About Cookin...

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Published Dec 16, 2025, 00:34:37 long, audio available.