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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Eat, drink, and be merry: The history of Christmas Dinner
Description: • Get 20% off annual Patreon support for The Bunker in our Black Friday sale. The perfect gift to ask for!From enormous Tudor banquets to Fortnum & Mason’s luxury hampers, Christmas food has always been about showing off. But how did we leap from turducken and spiced pies to our roast potatoes and a turkey that barely fits in the oven? Join Alex von Tunzelmann and Thomas Ntinas, host of The Delicious Legacy podcast, as they unravel how centuries of festive indulgence, and a brief detour through Cromwell’s joyless Puritanism, shaped the Christm...