Feminist Food, Feminist Art

Inspired by Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party this meal selects four of the incredible women featured in the original 1970's work, and recreates dishes from each of their respective time periods, creating an edible timeline of feminist history. Women featured include, Sappho (Ancient Greece), Eleanor of Aquitaine (early Medieval France/England), Christine de Pizan (Medieval Italy/France) and Sojourner Truth (Antebellum South/Civil War America). Each course dives into the personal history of the featured woman and elaborates on the status of women in that period, as well as her specific contributions to the fight for female equality.

first: sappho

Oysters with cumin sauce

Blood sausage

second: christine de pisan

Stuffed Capon

verjus, saffron, ginger, pepper, cinnamon

third: eleanor of aquitaine

Helmeted Cock

roast suckling pig, trencher, sauce black to grey

fourth: sojourner truth

Suet Pudding

Aliet Dulcia

Minne di Santa Agata