Friday, 27 December 2024

Thank you Mr. Dickens ...….its the Christmas Food we eat … one to listen to

Now this is one I enjoyed and it its available today.

Scrooge's third visitor,John Leech, 1843

It's "The Dickens Effect: How the Writer Influenced Food at Christmas". from the Food Programme

"Dan Saladino explores the impact a Christmas Carol and other Charles Dickens novels have had on festive eating, with food historian Ivan Day and food writer Penelope Vogler.

Produced and presented by Dan Saladino".*

Picture; Scrooge's third visitor, from Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. This image is one of four hand-coloured etchings included in the first edition. There were also four black and white engravings, 1843

* The Dickens Effect: How the Writer Influenced Food at Christmas, The Food Programme, BBC Radio 4, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00268vs


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