My uncle is down for a birthday lunch, and we've had a variety of discussions encompassing the problems of taxing people who don't have things to give, as well as Franklin importing pre-revolutionary thought into the Constitutional Convention from France. Women and wine and the like. However, the highlight has been the invention of a new niche of historical exploration - food history. As a food historian it would be my job to eat the greatest meals in history, and place them in context, e.g. "I think Cromwell would have had more stuffing." Naturally there would be a comparative aspect as well: "This is not quite as nice as the meal I had last week." Giles Coren beware.