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The good fare and cheer of old England.

Published 1960 by Reynal in New York .
Written in English.

About the Book

"This is a book primarily about the food of old England and the customs that have grown around it. It is also a book about England - the England of Shakespeare and Dickens; of London, York and Canterbury; of thatched cottages and pastoral landscapes."

First Sentence

A soldier overseas, an expatriate, the wanderer, remembers in sudden, acutely aware moments the food back home.

Table of Contents

1 The Food Back Home 1
2 The British Breakfast 11
3 Time for Tea 33
4 Old-Time Buns and Cakes 41
5 Oddsfish! 53
6 Rare, Medium, or Well-Done 61
7 The Gentleman Who Pays The Rent 79
8 Game and Game Pies 93
9 Sauce for the Goose 105
10 The Kitchen Garden 125
11 The Fruit Garden 141
12 Sweet and Savoury 163
13 Britons' Oldest Friend 181
14 Ten Cheese Classics 195
15 Ale is Beer, Beer is Ale 205
16 Brave Old Cider 217
17 Glorifying the Tin Can 229
Index (Recipes) 241
0 Equivelent Measures 0

Edition Notes

This is a great book about pre-war English food and culture!

Classifications

Library of Congress
 TX717 .D86

The Physical Object

Pagination
 246 p.
Number of pages
 246

ID Numbers

Open Library
 OL5794571M
LC Control Number
 60006302
OCLC/WorldCat
 879215

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History Created April 1, 2008 · 6 revisions
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November 16, 2010 Edited by ImportBot Found a matching record from Library of Congress .
April 14, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Linked existing covers to the edition.
January 2, 2010 Edited by 173.34.134.7 Edited without comment.
January 2, 2010 Edited by 173.34.134.7 Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Initial record created, from Scriblio MARC record.