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It's not all doom and gloom: there is much deliciousness in the British Isles. You just have to find it, which brilliantly Andrew Webb has done for us. A splendid book --Fergus Henderson, St John Restaurant
A near anthology sized collection of the nation's most iconic regional dishes and traditional recipes, this book is a must for lovers of British food. Historical stories and producer profiles make it even more essential --Food and Travel
'A fascinating gastronomic portrait of the nation' --The Bookseller
`This beguiling book is hard to categorise -- partly a guide book to the greatest culinary treasures in the British Isles; partly a travelogue; and partly a love song to our nation's food' --The Sunday Times
`A handsome encyclopaedic survey of the best of British food' --Daily Mail
Food Book of the Year
--Sunday Times Culture
'More than a good read, this may well turn out to be an important historical snapshot of the British food scene at the end of a significant decade' --Financial Times, Food Books of the Year
Chosen as one of the Best Christmas Cookery Books
--Daily Mail
`Particularly good are the descriptions of tastes and textures. Webb is clearly a messy eater ... but on paper he's delicious. When he talks about figit pie or bara brith it's a stern reader that doesn't find herself overtaken by a bout of empathetic dribbling' --Guardian
A near anthology sized collection of the nation's most iconic regional dishes and traditional recipes, this book is a must for lovers of British food. Historical stories and producer profiles make it even more essential --Food and Travel
'A fascinating gastronomic portrait of the nation' --The Bookseller
`This beguiling book is hard to categorise -- partly a guide book to the greatest culinary treasures in the British Isles; partly a travelogue; and partly a love song to our nation's food' --The Sunday Times
`A handsome encyclopaedic survey of the best of British food' --Daily Mail
Food Book of the Year
--Sunday Times Culture
'More than a good read, this may well turn out to be an important historical snapshot of the British food scene at the end of a significant decade' --Financial Times, Food Books of the Year
Chosen as one of the Best Christmas Cookery Books
--Daily Mail
`Particularly good are the descriptions of tastes and textures. Webb is clearly a messy eater ... but on paper he's delicious. When he talks about figit pie or bara brith it's a stern reader that doesn't find herself overtaken by a bout of empathetic dribbling' --Guardian
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really loved this book, and I am suspicious of national gastronomic guides that can be superficial and pointless. This book is anything but: especially interesting on the less obvious regions and more remarkable specialties. It is quite unlike anything else in print on the subject.
The writer has a disarming, funny, self-deprecating, well informed, somehow itself very British style; and even though its not a recipe book you learn a lot that makes you want to eat and cook what is sometimes so lovingly described. Although adherents to the cult of marmite will be outraged. A vastly more enduring, thoughtful and useful addition to your cookery library than any number of silly potboilers from our rather stale stable of celebrity writers.
The writer has a disarming, funny, self-deprecating, well informed, somehow itself very British style; and even though its not a recipe book you learn a lot that makes you want to eat and cook what is sometimes so lovingly described. Although adherents to the cult of marmite will be outraged. A vastly more enduring, thoughtful and useful addition to your cookery library than any number of silly potboilers from our rather stale stable of celebrity writers.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A well researched book, with good photographs, celebrating the best of British food. Find out about Bosworth Jumbles (and where the recipe came from)! Learn what a Coventry God cake or a Dorset Naga is and what makes up Love in Disguise. Best of all there's a directory of supplier of traditional and/or unusual food and drinks.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Whilst I'm just an amateur cook, I do love to hear about regional delicacies and where to get the best to try. As such whilst some have been on my scope for a while (such as Mr Fitzpatrick's Cordials in Rawtenstall) some I'd never heard of such as the Manchester Sausage.
As such to have a title that details some special treats to look out for when I'm out generates something a little special for your own culinary pursuits. After all finding that something special not only increases the options you have at your own meal times but also allows you to discover a few thing that you never know about (or are regional secrets) prior to reading this title.
All in this book was a wonder and I've more than got a few things that I want to try and with friends visiting from other area's I know what to ask them to bring for me to utilise which makes this, whilst not a book of recipes, one that brings the joy of quality products that are lovingly prepared that aren't available in the supermarket which not only keeps local business alive but tradition as well. Great stuff from Andrew Webb and a title that I'll have to guard as I already know one or two who are eyeing it up for "borrowing" on a permanent basis.
As such to have a title that details some special treats to look out for when I'm out generates something a little special for your own culinary pursuits. After all finding that something special not only increases the options you have at your own meal times but also allows you to discover a few thing that you never know about (or are regional secrets) prior to reading this title.
All in this book was a wonder and I've more than got a few things that I want to try and with friends visiting from other area's I know what to ask them to bring for me to utilise which makes this, whilst not a book of recipes, one that brings the joy of quality products that are lovingly prepared that aren't available in the supermarket which not only keeps local business alive but tradition as well. Great stuff from Andrew Webb and a title that I'll have to guard as I already know one or two who are eyeing it up for "borrowing" on a permanent basis.
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A fascinating gastronomic tour of the country
British food has not been regarded as one of the world's great cuisines --the eighteenth-century Sicilian nobleman Domenico Caracciolo remarked that "In England, there are sixty... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Country Publications
Great read
I started this book intending it to be a pick up, put down kind of book but I got so carried away with all the fantastic stories relating to each dish and its origins that I read... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lady Kaz
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Product description reads "A near anthology sized collection of the nation's most iconic regional dishes and traditional recipes" as far as I could see there were no recipes.
Published 11 months ago by Reader
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