Cakes and Ale: The Golden Age of British Feasting

By Judy Spours

Once upon a time there was a Britain where cakes and ale were considered nutritious and healthy. Late Victorian and Edwardian fleshy figures were further fattened with rich fruit loaf, and ailing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905615027
• ISBN13: 9781905615025
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: National Archives of England
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 8.5"

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Any library strong in culinary history will relish the detail here

CAKES AND ALE: THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH FEASTING uses antique ads and writings about the Victorian and Edwardian habits of throwing elaborate dinner parties to explore the rise of home cooking and the temptations of drinking outside the home, offering spicy chapters packed with lively social history. Any library strong in culinary history will relish the detail here, which blends an overall history of changing British eating habits with a survey of what impacted these changes.