- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Southwater (31 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844769321
- ISBN-13: 978-1844769322
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 658,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This stunning new book celebrates both the old and the new, and begins with an introduction detailing the historical background of cooking and eating in England, the feasts and festivals, high days and holidays, eating habits and ingredients. The recipes themselves bring together the best of England's regional and national specialities. Breakfasts of bacon and eggs, lunchtime soups, fish recipes that explort the best of England's fresh and sea waters, delicious main course meats and a wealth of wonderful desserts, puddings and sweet treats that the English love, are all featured. Illustrated with over 700 colour images, including step-by-step instructions, beautiful finished photographs of every recipe, and portraits of the countryside, landmarks and food of the English landscape and her people, this fabulous book is sure to appeal to any lover of good, regional food.
About the Author
Annette Yates co-runs the Taste Talk food consultancy. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, the Guild of Food Writers, the Institute of Consumer Sciences and the Microwave Technologies Association. She has contributed to many magazines, including Ideal Home, Waitrose Seasons and Prima, and has written over 20 cookbooks.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
All the favourites are here: Lamb hotpot, Bread and butter pudding, Prawn cocktail etc etc
An awesome buy if you want to recreate Gran's old masterpieces - if a traditional approach to simple British cooking is what you are looking for, then this book is for you. If you're looking for something a bit fancier, try looking elsewhere.
This book has over 160 recipes and over 750 photographs, all recipes have step-by-step instructions,and, providing they are properly followed you will be cooking some really good stuff!
An awesome buy if you want to recreate Gran's old masterpieces - if a traditional approach to simple British cooking is what you are looking for, then this book is for you. If you're looking for something a bit fancier, try looking elsewhere.
This book has over 160 recipes and over 750 photographs, all recipes have step-by-step instructions,and, providing they are properly followed you will be cooking some really good stuff!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful book, with so many traditional english meals. All laid out in a logical order, with a nice introduction to the history of english cooking and sources of food.
The recipes are easy to follow, and bring back some happy childhood memories
The recipes are easy to follow, and bring back some happy childhood memories
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Exactly what you think of when you think "English cooking" (yum)
24 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
Sure, British food can be stodgy, but it can also be wonderful -- mainly in a comfort-food sort of way. If you have visited England, you might have an occasional yearning for traditional British food, such as a Full English Breakfast, or a shepherd's pie, or fish and chips (with mushy peas, a meal component we never see here). And nobody does dessert the way the British do: summer pudding, treacle tart.
This book is chock full of those recipes and about 150 more. And it's really, really good. Unlike some British cookbooks, which appear to believe that herbs and spices are irrelevant, this book celebrates flavor; in fact, the book starts out with a introductory section about the history of food (the arrival of coffeehouses in the 17th century) and regional delicacies (from Maldon salt to kippers from the North Sea). A section on The English Kitchen describes common ingredients, some of which are hard to find here: borage, watercress, gooseberries. (Most ingredients used are available in your local grocery store, though.) Nothing wimpy here.
These are all the usual suspects, with no "updating for the modern lifestyle." Sure, there are a few up-to-date recipes, such as an asparagus-cheese pie (what might otherwise be dubbed a quiche), but the emphasis is on what Mama used to make: bubble and squeak, cauliflower cheese, scones. Chapters are devoted to breakfasts, soups and appetizers, fish and shellfish, meat dishes, poultry and game, veg and salads, savory pastry, puddings and desserts, and teatime treats. The book has LOTS of photos -- the cover advertises 750 -- so there's no guesswork about how the dish will turn out. Even if you don't expect to cook much from this book, it's a fun picture book for cooks. (And thus would make a very nice gift.)
One thing I *really* appreciate -- and is a selling point for me -- is that every recipe has nutritional information: calories, protein, carbs, cholesterol, etc. Mostly, this is reassuring; the chicken and ham pie I have my eye on is only 431 calories, which means it'll fit into my diet. And at 731 calories, the full English breakfast (potatoes, grilled tomatoes, toast, sausages, bacon and eggs) assuredly will _not_. But that doesn't keep me from drooling over the pictures.
Can you tell I like this book? Because I sure do.
This book is chock full of those recipes and about 150 more. And it's really, really good. Unlike some British cookbooks, which appear to believe that herbs and spices are irrelevant, this book celebrates flavor; in fact, the book starts out with a introductory section about the history of food (the arrival of coffeehouses in the 17th century) and regional delicacies (from Maldon salt to kippers from the North Sea). A section on The English Kitchen describes common ingredients, some of which are hard to find here: borage, watercress, gooseberries. (Most ingredients used are available in your local grocery store, though.) Nothing wimpy here.
These are all the usual suspects, with no "updating for the modern lifestyle." Sure, there are a few up-to-date recipes, such as an asparagus-cheese pie (what might otherwise be dubbed a quiche), but the emphasis is on what Mama used to make: bubble and squeak, cauliflower cheese, scones. Chapters are devoted to breakfasts, soups and appetizers, fish and shellfish, meat dishes, poultry and game, veg and salads, savory pastry, puddings and desserts, and teatime treats. The book has LOTS of photos -- the cover advertises 750 -- so there's no guesswork about how the dish will turn out. Even if you don't expect to cook much from this book, it's a fun picture book for cooks. (And thus would make a very nice gift.)
One thing I *really* appreciate -- and is a selling point for me -- is that every recipe has nutritional information: calories, protein, carbs, cholesterol, etc. Mostly, this is reassuring; the chicken and ham pie I have my eye on is only 431 calories, which means it'll fit into my diet. And at 731 calories, the full English breakfast (potatoes, grilled tomatoes, toast, sausages, bacon and eggs) assuredly will _not_. But that doesn't keep me from drooling over the pictures.
Can you tell I like this book? Because I sure do.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Just Fabulous
25 April 2011
Format:Paperback
I can only echo what the other reviewer of this book has said--the recipes in this book are all so uniformly good! We just had an Easter dinner of roast shoulder of lamb with mint sauce--you roll it up with honey and thyme inside--and braised leeks with carrots--my husband was dubious about leeks, not being a vegetable lover, but this was just melt-in-your-mouth wonderful. He ate more than I did. And the potatoes were warm potato salad with bacon dressing--and wholegrain mustard and parsley and cider vinegar. Simple ingredients, but creatively put together, easy recipes, and so tasty.
Everything I have made using this book has been like that--positively memorable meals.
If you or your friends have any doubts about British cooking, doubt no more.
Everything I have made using this book has been like that--positively memorable meals.
If you or your friends have any doubts about British cooking, doubt no more.
Love it
24 May 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been on the hunt for a cookbook of traditional cooking in England. I've bought several that turned out to be disappointments but this one is a big winner. Not only does it have lovely photography (not a necessity for me) but the range of recipes is excellent. Nothing too exotic or unusual in here ~ pretty much every recipe will likely be tried by me.
I've cooked and baked through quite a bit of this book already and each and every recipe has yielded great, yummy results. Very good instructions and measurements for the U.S. Can't recommend this one highly enough. Another good one I discovered in my quest is "Great British Cooking" by Jane Garney. If I had to pick only one, I'd keep "England's Heritage Food and Cooking".
I've cooked and baked through quite a bit of this book already and each and every recipe has yielded great, yummy results. Very good instructions and measurements for the U.S. Can't recommend this one highly enough. Another good one I discovered in my quest is "Great British Cooking" by Jane Garney. If I had to pick only one, I'd keep "England's Heritage Food and Cooking".
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