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Wisbech Grammar School, Home Economics teacher Alison Sloan preparing a a 17th Century banquet at her home in Cambridgeshire. Sloan who is also a food historian re-creates dishes such Herring Pie, Sally Lunn cake and Fourses Bread using authentic ingredients and cooking methods for TV researchers and the National Trust. In the foreground of the picture is a Cromwell Salad, from the 1600s being prepared for an upcoming BBC program in which she features.