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Colin Spencer (3)
From Microliths to Microwaves: The Evolution of British Agriculture, Food and Cooking
ISBN: 9781908117007 Author: Colin Spencer Publisher: Grub Street This important book is a ground breaking work on the subject of British food. It has been thought that civilisation in Britain, which stems from farming, food ... This important book is a ground breaking work on the subject of British food. It has been thought that civilisation in Britain, which stems from farming, food and cookery all began with the Romans. But it has now been discovered that thriving communities possessing a long history with their own ritual, laws, culture and food, inhabited Britain long before that time. Food is the fundamental spur to action, innovation, exploration and creativity in humankind. This book explores the roots of our national existence through the cultivation of its land, the production and cooking of its food, revealing the moulding force of climate and the constant invention in technology that produced the food through the centuries. It will end in the present but will also consider the ominous, immediate future with the combined threat of global warming and Peak Oil. It is a breath-taking attempt to trace the changes to and influences on food in Britain from the earliest dawning of time when England became an island, through the Roman occupation, the Plague years, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of Capitalism to the present day. There has been a recent wave of interest in food culture and history and Colin Spencer's masterful, readable account of our culinary history is a celebrated contribution to the genre. There has never been such an exciting, broad-scoped history of the food of these islands. It should remind us all of our rich past and the gastronomic importance of British cuisine. |
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British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History
ISBN: 9781908117038 Author: Colin Spencer Publisher: Grub Street This important award-winning book is recognised as the authoritative work on the subject of British food. It is a breath-taking attempt to trace the changes to... This important award-winning book is recognised as the authoritative work on the subject of British food. It is a breath-taking attempt to trace the changes to and influences on food in Britain from the Black Death, through the Enclosures, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of Capitalism to the present day. There has been a recent wave of interest in food culture and history and Colin Spencer's masterful, readable account of our culinary history is a celebrated contribution to the genre. There has never been such an exciting, broad-scoped history of the food of these islands. It should remind us all of our rich past and the gastronomic importance of British cuisine. Pages: 400 Dimensions: 175 x 248 mm Publication Date: 01-05-2011 |
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Vegetarianism : A History
ISBN: 9781910690215 Author: Colin Spencer Publisher: Grub Street Though the word ‘vegetarianism’ was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer’s c... Though the word ‘vegetarianism’ was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer’s comprehensive book, reissued in paperback for the first time in fifteen years explores the psychology of abstention from flesh and attempts to discover why omnivorous humans at times voluntarily abstain from an available food. Bind: paperback Pages: 400 Dimensions: 156 x 234 mm Publication Date: 20-04-2016 |
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