British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History

Have read it off and on over the course of the year on my ipad. Have thoroughly enjoyed having it to turn to, and have learnt a great deal from it. Many highlighted items to go back to and think more about.

I'm starting a thesis related to british cuisine, and Spencer's "British food" is a MUST for anyone interested in this subject.

It is a very interesting book. I was disappointed that the description was not clear. I was expecting a collection of actual recipes from times past.

This book gives a lucid and fascinating account of British food, diet and cooking for the last one thousand years.It is meticulously researched but also highly readable and entertaining. It is an invaluable addition to the social history of GB.It gives accounts of old receipes and the quantities of various foods eaten down the ages. I couldn't put it down!

Wonderful. I had been looking for this book and found it, or so I thought, I ordered it and waited with great excitement. It arrived and I tore off the cardboard, only to find a book of recipes by Jill Dupleix, but stuck on the back of the book was the title and ISB of the book I'd ordered. I phoned Amazon who issued the paperwork for me to return it and ordered the book from another supplier.Eventually it was all OK and I now have the book. Superb, a great insight into the history of British Food.