ENGLISH FOOD: A PEOPLES HISTORY (PB)

A journey through the centuries which explores what the recipes and rituals of mealtimes reveal about social change and continuity in England. Sprinkled throughout are glorious details such as trial by ordeal of bread, the daily consumption of ‘small beer’, and the war-time ice-cream substitute called ‘hokey pokey’ made from parsnips. From London’s coffee houses to the role of beef in the Glencoe Massacre, the icehouse to the beehive, bacon curers to orcharders, this is a book to challenge long-held notions of the English and their food.