Oct 16, 2026, 1:22 PM16 October is World Food Day, & 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱 invites you to an all-you-can-eat literary feast of Scottish literature – from medieval health food to vegetarianism in contemporary fiction, via gender, folklore, oysters, cocktails & more!
May contain nuts.
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Oct 16, 2026, 1:23 PMFor starters, Dr Lindsay Middleton gives us a taste of “Gender, Gastronomy and Intertextual Play in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭” …
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#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #19thcentury #Victorian #genderstudies
Oct 16, 2026, 1:24 PM… then Roslyn Potter serves a historical hors d’oeuvre in “‘Better byde the cuiks, nor the mediciners’: food and poetry in medieval and early modern Scotland (c. 1400–1650)” …
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#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #medieval #earlymodern #history #historyofmedicine #medicalhumanities
Oct 16, 2026, 1:25 PM… Amanda Edmiston entices us into The Scots Kitchen to explore the legacy of Florence Marian McNeill’s classic cookbook in “Dreaming Bread and Flourishing Folklore” …
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/dreaming-bread-and-flourishing-folklore/
#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #folklore
Oct 16, 2026, 1:27 PM… while Amy Wilcockson offers a palate cleanser of “Oysters and Aqua Vitae: Food and Drink in Robert Fergusson’s Poems”, washed down with a Tavern Rat cocktail brewed especially for the 250th anniversary of Fergusson’s death …
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#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #cocktail
Oct 16, 2026, 1:27 PM… and wrapping things up for those who hae meat but canna eat it, Gina Lyle ends the issue with a fruitful exploration of “Vegetarianism in Contemporary Scottish Fiction”!
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/10/vegetarianism-in-contemporary-scottish-fiction/
#Scottish #literature #cooking #food #WorldFoodDay #vegetarian #vegetarianism