18th Century Tavern Cooking with Marc Meltonville (& Richard Briggs)

<p>Esteemed food historian Marc Meltonville returns to the podcast to talk about taverns, 18th century dining and the cook and author Richard Briggs, the focus of his new book <em>The Tavern Cook: Eighteenth Century Dining Through the Recipes of Richard Briggs </em>which has recently been published by Prospect Books.</p><p>We talked about how he found out about Richard Briggs and his book; the similarities and differences between life and cooking then and now; who may have influenced Briggs’ writing; his death; broiling and other older English words the Brits no longer use but North Americans do; authenticity; and much more.</p><p>Marc’s website: <a href="http://www.meltonville.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.meltonville.uk</a> </p><p>Find Marc on Instagram @marcmeltonville</p><p>Buy <em>The Tavern Cook: Eighteenth Century Dining Through the Recipes of Richard Briggs</em> from the publisher: <a href="https://prospectbooks.co.uk/products-page/current-titles/the-tavern-cook/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://prospectbooks.co.uk/products-page/current-titles/the-tavern-cook/</a></p><p>There is 1 Easter egg associated with this episode, to access them start a monthly £3 subscription. Subscribers get access to all of the Easter eggs, premium blog content and Neil’s monthly newsletter. Visit <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/</a> for more details. On that page, you could also donate a one-off ‘virtual coffee’ or ‘virtual pint’. All money received goes into making more content. </p><p><u>&nbsp;</u></p><p><u>Previous podcast episodes pertinent to this episode</u></p><p>Recreating 16th Century Beer with Susan Flavin &amp; Marc Meltonville <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wtjaqTVyqjacVkyvvO3FP?si=b3c29819ed7b453a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wtjaqTVyqjacVkyvvO3FP?si=b3c29819ed7b453a</a> </p><p>Elizabeth