Narratives of an Eighteenth Century Foodscape

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩'𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐧𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! The huge frescoes in the Jesuit's refectory are breath-taking, and our talk next 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟔.𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦, will bring them to life in their full glory.
This fascinating talk will explore Malta’s 18C food culture through the amazing frescoes, inspired by Biblical scenes offering a rare visual record of a society shaped by hunger, faith, and survival. At times when food was scarce, abundance was seen as divine grace, and dishes are shown that are no longer known of today.
The refectory emerges not only as a dining space, but as a powerful storytelling chamber of Malta’s culinary past and cultural identity.

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Speaker: Dr Noel Buttigieg, Head of the Department of Tourism Management, University of Malta who specialises in cultural heritage and food culture. He is the author of Bread and Bakers in Eighteenth-Century Malta (Midsea Books, Protected content , winner of the National Book Council Award Protected content .