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A dish fit for the Gods: Four recipes to celebrate Shakespeare’s linguistic inventions
April 24, 2023 Leave a Comment
William Shakespeare, born 459 years ago this week (on April 23, 1564), is known primarily for three things: being an Englishman, a dramatist and a poet.
What some may not know is that he was also an inventor – unsurprisingly, of phrases. Even four centuries after his death, you could be quoting The Bard’s plays and sonnets without knowing it!
PBS Wisconsin invites you to celebrate Shakespeare’s linguistic inventions with four complementary dishes “fit for the Gods” (that’s a line out of Julius Caesar).
In a Pickle
In a jam; in a difficult or unpleasant situation
Salad Days
One’s youth or heyday
There’s the Rub
That’s the problem
Wild Goose Chase
Complicated and fruitless pursuit
Definitions from Merriam-Webster.
Top image: Shakespeare window, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. Window commissioned by George Coppin in 1862, made by James Ferguson and James Urie.
