Handel the Gourmand
Lucie Skeaping and chef Clarissa Dickson Wright talk about Handel's love of food.
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Another chance to hear Lucie Skeaping in conversation with the late cook Clarissa Dickson-Wright about Handel's love of food. Contemporary pictures and biographers depicted Handel as being over-interested in food, having a "great appetite". From the famous London chop houses, and al fresco picnics along the Thames to new spices and curries, Lucie and Clarissa explore the eating and drinking habits in Handel's day.
First broadcast in November 2009.