What the Normans Did for Our Diet

The Food Programme by BBC

Sep 10, 202642:21Arts

On BBC Radio 4 we’re marking the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in London by exploring the impact of the Norman invasion. In this programme, food historian Dr Annie Gray travels to Normandy to investigate how the Norman...

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