Why We Eat What We Eat at Christmas - Pen Vogler in conversation with Rosie Boycott

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** Pen Vogler - Scoff: A history of food and class in Britain
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Every Christmas in Britain, between us we eat ten million turkeys. The cook undergoes the sweaty battle with its Himalayan bulk on Christmas day, knowing the extended family will be fed, and there will be leftovers for the turkey curry buffet for friends and neighbours on Boxing day and an annual tradition will be honoured. But with cut-down families and no mixing between households, what should we turn to this year?

In Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain, Pen Vogler tells the story behind why we eat what we eat at Christmas and throughout the year.

She explores why our particularly British obsession with social class has given turkey, potatoes, brussels sprouts, bread sauce, and Christmas pudding top place on our tables, and edged off other festive foods for rich and poor over the years, from the Venison pasty, favourite trophy gift, to the humble cottage pork pie; from huge glittering Twelfth Cakes to simple, clean orange jellies. Perhaps this strangest of years is the time to re-imagine our traditional Christmas menu?

Pen Vogler is the author of Dinner with Mr Darcy and Dinner with Dickens and curated the exhibition Food Glorious Food at the Charles Dickens Museum. She edited Penguin's Great Food series, writes and reviews on food history for the press and has recreated recipes from the past for BBC Television. She has given talks and tastings on food in history, including on meals and dining in the Georgian era, throughout the UK. She has appeared on television, cooking and discussing recipes, including on Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas on BBC2 with Sue Perkins. She has also written on the subject for the Guardian, the Observer, and The Lady.

Rosie Boycott is a cross-bench peer and food campaigner. She is co-founder of 5x15.

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** Pen Vogler, Rosie Boycott

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