Autor/-in: John Thacker

John Thacker was cook to the Dean of Durham Cathedral from 1739 until 1758. He also founded a cookery school in 1745. Ivan Day is a food historian with a special interest in re-creating the food of the past in period settings. His work has been exhibited in many major museums and he is the author of The Pleasures of the Table (with Peter Brown, 1998) and editor of Eat, Drink and be Merry (2000).