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Book SynopsisIn this magnificent guide to England''s cuisine, the inimitable Clarissa Dickson Wright takes us from a medieval feast to a modern-day farmers'' market, visiting the Tudor working man''s table and a Georgian kitchen along the way.
Peppered with surprises and seasoned with wit, A History of England Food is a classic for any food lover.
Trade ReviewThis is a marvellous read ... [Clarissa Dickson Wright's] skill is to make food, even 800 years ago, seem relevant and amusing today * Country Life *
Magnificently eccentric and robustly informative
... an impressive tour of the horizon of a well-stocked mind ... [a] glorious sense of the continuity of English cuisine from the Middle Ages to the present shines from every page of this engaging, funny and admirably entertaining history * Sunday Telegraph *
Combining her two great passions of food and history, she takes us on a chatty and fascinating crawl
from Medieval times when pigeons, eels and nettles were staples, to the pizzas, baked beans and chips of today ... consistently entertaining and informative
* Daily Mail *
CDW has produced a most relishable feast -- The Monday Book * Independent *
One of the strengths of the book is the author's comprehensive personal experience of the foods she describes. If you want to know the correct way to fillet a rook, or are curious about the taste of tripe made from cow's udder, then you couldn't hope for a more knowledgeable guide * Mail on Sunday *
