Food and the Rites of Passage

By Laura Mason

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 passed around at a lying in; others have gone on to be industries in their own right, such as the wedding cake, wedding receptions and honeymoons. The book consists of six essays by recognised food-historians, each taking in turn one of these milestones, sometimes (but not always) with a certain north-of-England and Church of England bias.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190301817X
• ISBN13: 9781903018170
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Prospect Books (UK)
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 10.2"