{"product_id":"pie-fidelity-9780141986739","title":"Pie Fidelity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Funny, informative, a love poem to all that''s great in British cooking  ... from the humble cheese sandwich, through fish and chips and curry,  to the ubiquitous Sunday roast ... Part Nigel Slater, part Bill Bryson,  and wholly delicious'' Michael Simkins, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey through British food, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We''ve  been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet when someone  with a clipboard asks us what the best things are about being British,  our traditional food and drink are more important than the monarchy and  at least as significant as our landscape and national monuments in  defining a collective notion of who we are. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking nine  archetypically British dishes - Pie and Peas, A Cheese Sandwich, Fish  and Chips, Spag Bol, Devonshire Cream Tea, Curry, The Full English, The  Sunday Roast and a Crumble with Cu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book examines a series of traditional British meals with Hornby's geeky obsessiveness and Orwell's incisive class observation ... His prose is engaging, his storytelling effortless ... Brown writes beautifully and fondly of every dish in a way that will have you desperate to taste it again at the end of each chapter.  This historical information he weaves around the food is plentiful, accurate and worn lightly, and his observations are fresh and provocative. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003ePart Nigel Slater, part Bill Bryson, and wholly delicious...Funny, informative and written with passion, \u003ci\u003ePie Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e is a love poem to all that's great in British cooking. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA heart-felt book that makes an important point without false pride or sentimentality. When it comes to food, we're better than we think. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eGenuinely revealing...Brown evokes the emotionalism of eating * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAs much as his book is a reflection of his experiences, reading it inevitably leads the reader to examine their own past, and how food defines who we are, or used to be * Waitrose Weekend Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eBrown is a natural raconteur... this memoir mixed with a \"defence of British food\" sees him at his funniest and most insightful. Highly recommended * Sunday Times, Food Book of the Month *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, funny... loving every page -- Dave Myers, The Hairy Bikers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/b\u003e An absorbing love letter to the English apple tree...lyrical and joyful * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/b\u003e Wonderful, revelatory ... very moving -- Sheila Dillon * BBC Radio 4 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/b\u003e Delightful... impassioned, patriotic, richly informed * Sunday Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732507111767,"sku":"9780141986739","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141986739.jpg?v=1719997185","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pie-fidelity-9780141986739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}