British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History

by Colin Spencer

Book Overview

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, English cuisine was known throughout Europe as extraordinarily stylish, tasteful, and contemporary, designed to satisfy sophisticated palates. So, as Colin Spencer asks, why did British food "decline so direly that it became a world-wide joke, and how is it now climbing back into eminence?" This delectable volume traces the rich variety of foods that are inescapably British--and the thousand years of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231131100
• ISBN13: 9780231131100
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 10.3"