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This is the best of all books on English food. First published in 1954, it has popped up in print at intervals ever since, always welcome, always finding new admirers. Dorothy Hartley described Food In England as being like "an old-fashioned kitchen, not impressive, but a warm and friendly place, where one can come in at any time and have a chat with the cook". So it is; and like a good old-fashioned kitchen it's intensely personal and full of bits and pieces at first sight not directly related to the production of food but somehow essential to the character of the place. Writing when she did, Dorothy Hartley was perhaps one of the last food historians to have easy access to the living past and her book views the preceding thousand years of food in England as a continuous present, all the cooks of the past wandering in and out of her kitchen. Full of traditional recipes, historical information, regional kitchen lore, personal reminiscences, household hints, gardening tips and brewing instructions, illuminating quotations and beautifully illustrated with expressive line drawings, Food In England is unsummarisable, copious and generous. Just buy it. Nobody with any interest whatsoever in English (and Scottish and Welsh) food, or who has any concern in what might make Britain British, should be without it. --Robin Davidson

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'A classic book without any worthy successor - a must for any keen English cook' - DELIA SMITH 'Dorothy Hartley's ingenious ideas were one of my first inspirations; they show that English food should never be dismissed as boring' - JOSCELINE DIMBLEBY 'This is the best of all books on English food. First published in 1954, it has popped up in print at intervals ever since, always welcome, always finding new admirers. Dorothy Hartley described Food In England as being like "an old-fashioned kitchen, not impressive, but a warm and friendly place, where one can come in at any time and have a chat with the cook". So it is; and like a good old-fashioned kitchen it's intensely personal and full of bits and pieces at first sight not directly related to the production of food but somehow essential to the character of the place. Writing when she did, Dorothy Hartley was perhaps one of the last food historians to have easy access to the living past and her book views the preceding thousand years of food in England as a continuous present, all the cooks of the past wandering in and out of her kitchen. Full of traditional recipes, historical information, regional kitchen lore, personal reminiscences, household hints, gardening tips and brewing instructions, illuminating quotations and beautifully illustrated with expressive line drawings, Food In England is unsummarisable, copious and generous. Just buy it. Nobody with any interest whatsoever in English (and Scottish and Welsh) food, or who has any concern in what might make Britain British, should be without it.' - Robin Davidson, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   15 of 16 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Traditional English Cooking, 5 Jul 1999 By A Customer Crammed with good advice on how to put up vegetables, butcher a pig, cure your own ham, and stuff a sheeps stomach in order to make haggis, this book is an aladdin's cave of often forgotten traditional English dishes and cooking methods, all awaiting rediscovery by the home cook and cooking professional. A strong argument in favor of English cookery as an unique and interesting cuisine, and a refutation to those who glibly dismiss its virtues. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Warm, fun and informative - makes me proud to be British, 22 Jan 2006 By  Bill the Bus (UK) - See all my reviews I can't better the Amazon synopsis and I agree with all of the other reviews but would add a couple of comments. As a good read about the best of home and country life this book is hard to beat. Re-enactors should especially note that this book was written when gas and electric stoves were still newish technology - the author had direct knowledge of cooking on solid fuel stoves and has also included a really useful section explaining cooking on open fires of wood/coal/peat etc. NB - have you bought a cauldron for camp cooking? You can cook much more than stews in it. Look at the description of how a road-mender(I think?) cooked an entire meal in a pail. This is described as witnessed at first hand - its an eye-opener! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   14 of 15 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable book to read whether you are a cook or not!, 6 Jun 2000 By A Customer As a medieval re-enactor involved in producing an annual banquet for the society I belong to, I am always on the look out for historical recipes, books etc. Having picked this book out I found I could not put it down. The vivid descriptions of various types of kitchens made you feel that you were actually there, you could feel the warmth around you. It is a book I will always return to not only for the varied recipes, but everthing else as well. It will have pride of place on my kitchen bookshelves. I thoroughly agree with Delia Smith's comments on the front cover, it is a definite must for any cook. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 8 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars Food in Englland Fascinating book, especially for someone like me - passionate about both food and art. But my son-in-law picked it up and couldn't put it down, either: he was a little... Read more Published 7 days ago by M. Mcardell 5.0 out of 5 stars Best Food Book ever This is a wonderful book, as are all Dorothy Hartley's books.It is the one I would choose too to take to a desert island,when I first read this in the 1970s it changed my life. Read more Published 17 months ago by Mrs. R. A. London 5.0 out of 5 stars The book you would want if stuck on a desert island This is THE book you would want if catastrophe struck, or you were stranded away from civilization, it covers everything from butchering your own meat, to the methods of cooking... Read more Published on 30 Jun 2007 by Adomestikgoddess 5.0 out of 5 stars an in depth account of British food & drink use over the ages This is a fascinating book. Dorothy Hartley makes it fun to learn the history of British food by putting you in the shoes of someone living in that time. Read more Published on 17 Dec 2006 by vh1967 3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks receipes I was looking for a book with lots of forgotten English recipes I could send to my American cousins, this book did not give me that. Read more Published on 28 Oct 1999 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 8 customer reviews...

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