From the magazineOlivia Potts

The story of food in glorious technicolour

Jenny Linford explores the global history of cooking and eating through specific items from the British Museum spanning recorded history

Olivia PottsOlivia Potts
Elizabethan gilded trencher, c.1600. © Trustees of the British Museum
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