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foods that made Britain great...a nostalgic look back at the affordable, convenient tins and packages from which we feasted. --Scottish Daily Record, October 9, 2009
a nostalgic tribute to the convenience foods of the Sixties and Seventies. --Choice Magazine, November, 2009
From corned beef to Atora suet, a new book celebrates those childhood favorites which are still with us against the odds. --Express & Star Wolverhampton, October 24, 2009
reveals fascinating facts about the best-loved brands from our pasts, some of which you may even still be enjoying today. --Woman's Weekly November 3, 2009
Those we have loved.... Nigel Cassidy and Phillipa Lamb pay a nostalgic tribute to some of these past pleasures. --Saga November, 2009
reveals the colorful and bizarre histories behind such famous names as Battenberg cake, Smash potato and Angel Delight. --Daily express, October 12, 2009
A light-hearted study of the curious attraction of post-war comfort foods. --Daily Echo,October 5, 2009
a cornucopia of gastro tackiness...they summon up the problematic delights of Bisto, Atora, Ready Brek et al, and tell the curious histories behind their manufacture. --The Independent, October 8, 2009
Delightfully nostalgic look at the convenience foods of England. --The Bookseller, July 17, 2009
chronicles our secret passion for a host of distinctly démodé eats. --Junior October, 2009
a nostalgic tribute to the convenience foods of the Sixties and Seventies. --Choice Magazine, November, 2009
From corned beef to Atora suet, a new book celebrates those childhood favorites which are still with us against the odds. --Express & Star Wolverhampton, October 24, 2009
reveals fascinating facts about the best-loved brands from our pasts, some of which you may even still be enjoying today. --Woman's Weekly November 3, 2009
Those we have loved.... Nigel Cassidy and Phillipa Lamb pay a nostalgic tribute to some of these past pleasures. --Saga November, 2009
reveals the colorful and bizarre histories behind such famous names as Battenberg cake, Smash potato and Angel Delight. --Daily express, October 12, 2009
A light-hearted study of the curious attraction of post-war comfort foods. --Daily Echo,October 5, 2009
a cornucopia of gastro tackiness...they summon up the problematic delights of Bisto, Atora, Ready Brek et al, and tell the curious histories behind their manufacture. --The Independent, October 8, 2009
Delightfully nostalgic look at the convenience foods of England. --The Bookseller, July 17, 2009
chronicles our secret passion for a host of distinctly démodé eats. --Junior October, 2009
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When convenience took precedence over nutrition and '5 a day' was yet be dreamt up, packaged food reigned supreme. Wasn't it wonderful to create great comfort food in minutes, and doesn't each food bring back great memories of your youth, even if the thought of eating it all now makes you cringe? What ever possessed us to eat - and enjoy - a Vesta Beef Curry after a night out at the pub? Or why was there nothing quite like Mum's butterscotch Angel Delight when you were feeling bit off-colour? Why is Boxing Day not the same if Gran doesn't buy in Eat Me Dates? And why do tinned meat pies taste so...well, distinctive? "Battenberg Britain" answers all these questions and contributes hundreds of other facts, some of which it might be best not to know. Depending on where you stand in the gourmet stakes, this book celebrates the very best (worst) in 'British nosh', and all the yummy (revolting) things we scoffed with no qualms whatsoever, but which dieticians today would tell us are produce of the devil. Every one of the foods is lovingly remembered and fantastically presented in this gift book, perfect for all those afficionados of great British food!
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Batty food forever,
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This review is from: Battenberg Britain: A Nostalgic Tribute to the Foods We Loved (Hardcover)
As a self-confessed Soreen malt loaf eater, this is the book I've been waiting for. Its full of the most amazing and bizarre facts.. I always knew marmite had mysterious powers but had never dreamed it could be a secret weapon in the Arab Israeli peace process. The fascinating story behind Worcester sauce, and confirmation as I'd always hoped that there really was a Mr Lea & a Mr Perrin. How nice to know that Tunnocks tea cakes and its sister product the wonderful caramel wafer, to which I am especially partial, still continue to sell in millions every week, and best of all that there is a real tea-room to visit.The entry on cheese footballs brought all the old memories flooding back of forced Christmas jollity drowned in something sweet and alcoholic partnered with the strangely gooey taste of the famous little football! This book is the next best thing to comfort eating and I munched my way through it. If you're stuck for a nice little present for aunts, uncles, grannies and even your sister this will fit the bill or you might just decide to keep it for yourself. I'd call it an (iced) gem of a book!
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Epicures Look Away Now,
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This review is from: Battenberg Britain: A Nostalgic Tribute to the Foods We Loved (Hardcover)
What a refreshing antidote to all the foodie books out there at the moment. Are you done with Delia, sooo over organic or fresh out of patience for 'make your own pasta', etc etc? If that's the case, then this is your book - especially if you lived in the UK during the 60s and 70s and were pretty happy on a diet that wasn't as fresh or as healthy as we all like to think it was. Like being clipped round the ear, it didn't do us any harm did it? Did it?
When I think about my childhood food stuffs, yes it's about Battenburg cake, sandwich pastes and corned beef. But I'd forgotten all about Camp Coffee (stashed in the cake making cupboard) and Malt Loaf, and Angel Delight, and so much more...And the delightful thing about this book is that it's not just about iconic historical brands, no longer available. You can STILL get your hands on all of the 53 items listed in this book. I say hurrah for that, and I'm off down the shops to get loaded up on Cheese Balls...who wouldn't want this book next to their Jamie Oliver, standing with its hand on it's hips, calling you in for tea?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Nostalgia At Best,
This review is from: Battenberg Britain: A Nostalgic Tribute to the Foods We Loved (Hardcover)
As one gets older I am not sure why but there is a need for nostalgia. Certain memories can be brought back from the depths of the mind and this book does just that.
Wonderful, get one to go down memory lane
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