Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
An exploration of early modern dining with food historian Ivan Day and music ensemble Sonnambula
When is asparagus not asparagus? When it is ice cream, of course! In this three-course foodless dinner party, Ivan Day explores culinary slapstick, the changing role of dining utensils, and other subjects from early modern dining. These mini-lectures are interwoven with interludes of music played on period instruments by Sonnambula.
An exploration of early modern dining with food historian Ivan Day and music ensemble Sonnambula
When is asparagus not asparagus? When it is ice cream, of course! In this three-course foodless dinner party, Ivan Day explores culinary slapstick, the changing role of dining utensils, and other subjects from early modern dining. These mini-lectures are interwoven with interludes of music played on period instruments by Sonnambula.
