You Are What You Ate

We run a stall at a number of fairs and festivals in Yorkshire through the year. On the stall we display a wide range of seasonal fruits and vegetables which children are encouraged to touch and smell. Nutritional research suggests that children need regular exposure to unfamiliar foods before they will eat them. We have a cook in period costume who will prepare five or six dishes during the day for members of the public to taste. Most of the dishes have been analysed for their nutritional content. Examples of events we attend are: the Food, Drink and Rhubarb festival in Wakefield in February and the Pontefract Liquorice Fair in July, as well as one-off medieval fairs.

Look out for us this this weekend at:

Leeds Loves Food
Saturday 26 May, 11am to 6pm
Millennium Square, Leed

Join the 'You are what ate' team this Saturday at the Leeds Loves Food Festival for fascinating cookery demonstrations and free food tastings (based on recipes from the past). 

The seventh Leeds Loves Food Festival returns to Millennium Square this year from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 May.  The ‘You are what you ate’ project will be setting up their festival stall and offering a range of activities on Saturday 26 May.

Watch as recipes that are over 500 years old are prepared over a raised fire in our medieval kitchen and have the opportunity to taste some of the delicious creations.

 Visit our food display to learn about the difference between peasant food and food for the rich, and of the importance of healthy eating, past and present.  Find out more about where food comes from and how diet has changed over time.

We'll have a free children's activity on offer over the course of the day: enjoy grinding herbs and spices to make your own medieval spice bag!

Find us at the 'Interactive space' in Millenium: number N04 on the Festival site map (copies available at the Festival), next to the Theatre Kitchen.

Please click on events for more information on our activities, or contact us.