{"product_id":"much-ado-about-cooking-delicious-shakespearean-feasts-for-every-occasion","title":"Much Ado About Cooking: Delicious Shakespearean Feasts for Every Occasion ","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFor the Reader Who Wants to Dine Like It's 1599\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFood is everywhere in Shakespeare — feasts, banquets, poisoned goblets, gingerbread, saffron buns — and it turns out a lot of it is genuinely delicious. \u003cem\u003eMuch Ado About Cooking\u003c\/em\u003e brings the Bard's culinary world to your kitchen, with recipes drawn from The Globe's own archives alongside new dishes inspired by the plays and the Elizabethan era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThink spiced beef, Georgian sweetmeats, trifles, tarts, and patties — all photographed beautifully and set alongside woodcut illustrations, quotes from the plays, and the kind of literary facts that make you feel very clever at dinner parties. Written by food historian Sam Bilton, this cookbook earns its place on both the kitchen shelf and the bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecipes from The Globe archives and new Shakespearean-inspired dishes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes gingerbread, spiced beef, saffron buns, Georgian sweetmeats, trifles and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFood photography alongside woodcut illustrations and quotes from the plays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Sam Bilton, food historian, author, and broadcaster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback, published 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Shakespeare lover who also happens to be an excellent cook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for the reader who wants their dinner party to have a literary theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who has ever wondered what they actually ate in the Elizabethan era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ADS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48081182097508,"sku":"9781035427680","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/7647\/7284\/files\/much-ado-about-cooking-delicious-shakespearean-feasts-for-every-occasion-bookgeek-1248540232.jpg?v=1783752010","url":"https:\/\/bookgeek.com.au\/products\/much-ado-about-cooking-delicious-shakespearean-feasts-for-every-occasion","provider":"BookGeek","version":"1.0","type":"link"}