{"product_id":"arabella-boxers-book-of-english-food-a-rediscovery-of-british-food-from-before-the-war-9780241961667","title":"Arabella Boxers Book of English Food A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of English Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an elegant compendium of brilliant recipes adapted from the cookery books of the 1920s and 1930s by Arabella Boxer, with beautiful new illustrations by Cressida Bell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArabella Boxer''s Book of English Food\u003c\/i\u003e describes the delicious dishes - and the social conditions in which they were prepared, cooked and eaten - in the short span between the two World Wars when English cooking suddenly blossomed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe food in these wonderful recipes comes from the great country houses, where little had changed since Victorian times, the large houses in London and the South, where fashionable hostesses vied with each other to entertain the most distinguished guests at their tables, and less grand establishments, like those in Bloomsbury where the painters and writers of the day contrived to lead cultured and civilised lives on little money.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContaining 200 recipes, drawn from cookery books, magazines of the period, family sources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecaptivating \u003c\/b\u003eexploration and \u003cb\u003ecelebration \u003c\/b\u003eof the flowering of English cooking in the 1920s and 30s * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA treasury of social gossip\u003c\/b\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e immensely enjoyable and useful\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat rare thing, a cookery book with an argument\u003c\/b\u003e: viz, that English cookery was once both good and independent of the cuisines of her neighbours . . . \u003cb\u003ea rollicking good read\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA book which celebrates a gastronomy which we would be unwise to forget. It's \u003cb\u003ea rediscovery of British food remembered from before the War\u003c\/b\u003e * Derek Cooper *\u003cbr\u003eI recommend it, not only for its \u003cb\u003eexcellent food \u003c\/b\u003ebut also for the \u003cb\u003esuperb introductions and details of social history\u003c\/b\u003e in the great houses with their shimmering hostesses * Evening Standard *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138111308119,"sku":"9780241961667","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241961667.jpg?v=1751918031","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arabella-boxers-book-of-english-food-a-rediscovery-of-british-food-from-before-the-war-9780241961667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}