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""Cakes And Ale"" is a book written by Edward Spencer in 1913 that explores the topic of banquets. The book is structured as a dissertation, with various chapters discussing different aspects of banquets, such as their history, etiquette, and cultural significance. Throughout...

Edward Spencer's 1913 Cakes and Ale is a collection of food essays interpersed with recipes and recollections of meals.

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A glorious banquet of ideas and appetites, Cakes & Ale invites you to dine with a late-Victorian sensibility that is at once exacting and warmly human. This is a gastronomic essay collection that pairs recipes and anecdotes with a historian's eye, turning banquet culture into...