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ISBN:	1905211856 (ISBN13: 9781905211852)
Edition Language:	English

A History of English Food

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Hardcover | Pages: 512 pages

Rating: 4.18 | 226 Users | 30 Reviews

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Title	:	A History of English Food
Author	:	Clarissa Dickson Wright
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	October 13th 2011 by Random House UK
Categories	:	History. Food and Drink. Food. Nonfiction. Cookbooks. Food History. Cooking

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Insightful and entertaining by turns, this is a magnificent tour of nearly a thousand years of English cuisine, peppered with surprises and seasoned with Clarissa Dickson Wright's characteristic wit.

In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine—both good and bad—of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national diet as new ideas and ingredients have arrived, and as immigrant communities have made their contribution to the life of the country. She evokes lost worlds of open fires and ice houses, of constant pickling and preserving, and of manchet loaves and curly-coated pigs. And she tells the stories of the chefs, cookery book writers, gourmets, and gluttons who have shaped public taste—from the salad-loving Catherine of Aragon to the foodies of today. Above all, she gives a vivid sense of what it was like to sit down to the meals of previous ages, whether an eighteenth-century laborer's breakfast, a twelve-course Victorian banquet, or a lunch out during the Second World War.

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Vilken fantastisk bok! Så mycket historia det finns i maten. Här dessutom berättad på initierat och underhållande vis. Jag lyssnade på författarinläsningen vilket var extra trivsamt.

My Mum bought this book for me -- it's really a fascinating read, even if you're not a cooking maniac. I like the author (from seeing her on various TV shows) and she has a great voice when writing. The book's very engaging - she links history and social things excellently with the food history and makes connections I'd never thought of. Also I could see this being an interesting resource for anyone wanting to add some historical flavour (and pun intended) to a historical or fantasy novel.

Interesting subject, but not as well realized as it could be. Even with my visual disability, this book is not recommended for audiobook format.



There is a lot of erudition in this book, it really is an excellent history of English food, which didn't apparently get bad until the Victorians started to boil the life out of vegetables. Before that, the aristocracy feasted in cold halls, the rich ate too much and screwed around, the middle classes had a sufficiency of good food and went to church, and the poor made do with raising a pig in the back garden and regularly getting drunk to forget their lowly circumstances. All very bucolic and

I listened to the audiobook read by the author - rather a dull style of narration, but I was sufficiently interested in the subject to stick with it to the end. I wouldn't recommend this book to a vegetarian, its very very flesh-focussed! But a fascinating and informative history of influences on the British diet since medieval times.

I really enjoy Clarissa Dickson Wright's take on history seen through the focus of food. There's just the right amount of Wright's personality included because she will occasionally break in and comment about ancient recipes she's tried or her thoughts on a particular practice. It is sprinkled with original texts from the past and it is interesting seeing what people liked enough to take the trouble to pass on to others. Definitely recommended to anyone with an interest in food and English