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Item Details
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THE ENGLISHMAN'S FOOD
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| By: |
J.C. Drummond, Anne Wilbraham, Tom Jaine |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0712650253 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780712650250 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
8 August, 1991 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
First published in 1939, this survey of what the English have been eating over a period of 500 years is supported by quotations from such diverse literary sources as Arthur Young, Defoe, Smollett and Andre Simon. |
| Synopsis: |
Medieval gardens; cookshops; spices; ale, beer, wine and spirits; the food of peasants, labourers, townspeople, the wealthy, the poor and the country gentleman; fish, meat and game; the feeding of infants, children; dairy products; vitamins, proteins, fat and fibre; the adulteration of food; the four bottle man; bread; poaching; tea, coffee and chocolate; food in schools and institutions; sugar and sweetmeats; root crops; the agricultural revolution; the importance of 'white meats', the vegetarian diet; menus and recipes...The Englishman's Food was first published in 1939, fully revised in 1957 and now appears with a new updating introduction. A ground-breaking book, it is a fascinating and authoritative survey of food production, consumption, fashions and follies over a period of five hundred years. Reprinted with a new introduction by food editor Tom Jaine. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Pimlico |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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