Eat Shakespeare’s words: In April, the Bard’s month, read about the rich culinary worlds hidden in literary works

 “O, I die for food! Here lie I down and measure out my grave.” — As You Like It, Act II, Scene iv

April, with its dramatic flirtations of spring, belongs rightly to William Shakespeare. That April 23 is observed as both his birth and death day feels less like archival accuracy than poetic balance.