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Food and the Rites of Passage
Baptism, Marriage, Childbirth, Death — these are the milestones of life over which the Christian church has traditionally officiated and ones invariably marked by a feast or comforting rituals founded on food and drink. Some of these habits flourished, then died away, such as the cups of wine pas...
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Sugar-plums and Sherbert
The hardback edition of this book was published in 1998 and gained universal praise: A fascinating account said the TLS; echoed by national and local press; A fascinating book full of off-beat information wrote Derek Cooper.
Sugar-plums and Shebert