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Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite?

British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining and eye-opening vignettes of social history.



Trade Review

Fascinating

* Prue Leith *

A jam-packed book about our favourite teatime nibble

* Daily Mail *

An incredible journey

* Daily Express *

Fascinating... Collingham has pulled it off again

* Spectator *
[A] fascinating book... Collingham is a wonderful researcher, combining academic rigour with an eye for the captivating details that make the world more interesting -- Rachel Duffett * BBC History *

The Biscuit: The History of a Very British

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 28 October 2021
      ISBN-13 9781529112245
      978-1529112245
      ISBN-10 1529112249
      Also in:
      Food & Drink Comfort food and food nostalgia History Social and cultural history Politics, Philosophy & Society Cultural studies: food and society

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite?

      British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining and eye-opening vignettes of social history.



      Trade Review

      Fascinating

      * Prue Leith *

      A jam-packed book about our favourite teatime nibble

      * Daily Mail *

      An incredible journey

      * Daily Express *

      Fascinating... Collingham has pulled it off again

      * Spectator *
      [A] fascinating book... Collingham is a wonderful researcher, combining academic rigour with an eye for the captivating details that make the world more interesting -- Rachel Duffett * BBC History *

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