Can I cook like ... Henry VIII? | Stephen Bush

Our columnist discovers eating like a king can be a royal pain in the ovenAct like a king, get treated like a king: that’s one of the eyebrow-raising claims made in Robert Greene’s 1998 self-help book, The 48 Laws of Power. I’ve got my eyes on a pay rise, so I thought that eating like a king might help. And who could be more kingly than Henry VIII?In the Tudor era, high society ate a great deal of meat – game, for the most part – and fruit. I hit two immediate snags