MELBOURNE FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL 2012 | FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD with Margaret and John Leonard

This illustrated presentation deals not with recipes or cooking but with the food of the poor, usually on the streets of London in Dickens’ lifetime, the changes of diet due to the Industrial Revolution, the effect that these had on health, and a small part at the end which deals with Christmas. John gives readings from Dickens and Henry Mayhew.

MARGARET LEONARD was a French and English teacher and with JOHN LEONARD has diverse experience in the performing arts. They now delight in sharing their enthusiasm for literary classics through their dramatised readings.

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2012, in March 2012, with the addition of some other food-related talks alongside our official event.

from Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, first published as a novel in 1841