What did women give their husbands for breakfast in the early morning in a medieval French town?
Imagine a person having breakfast in eighteenth century France, around, say, 1760. If you’re at all familiar with France, you’ll probably envision them having a continental breakfast – that is, coffee, chocolate or tea with a roll or some bread, joined perhaps by cheese and cold meats. And yet, how accurate is such a picture? Coffee, after all,… Read More »