Lamb's ears, eel pie and plenty of claret: London museum showcases Handel's love of food
Briefly

It was in a Georgian house in London 300 years ago that George Frideric Handel composed some of his most sublime masterpieces, including his oratorio, Messiah.But it was also there that he gorged himself on so much food that one contemporary described him as somewhat corpulent and another observed that he eats too much of those things he ought to avoid.
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