J.C. Drummond

Anne Wilbraham

The achievement of this pioneering book is very great. It remains a remarkable contribution to the study of eating habits and health in society

The most valuable contribution of its kind

This fascinating book should be read from cover to cover

To read it is a pleasure as well as a duty; learned and well-written, it is a mine of curious information

Five Centuries of English Diet

Medieval gardens; cookshops; spices; ale, beer, wine and spirits; the food of peasants, labourers, townspeople, the wealthy, the poor and the country gentleman; fish, meat and game; the feeding of infants, children; dairy products; vitamins, proteins, fat and fibre; the adulteration of food; the four bottle man; bread; poaching; tea, coffee and chocolate; food in schools and institutions; sugar and sweetmeats; root crops; the agricultural revolution; the importance of 'white meats', the vegetarian diet; menus and recipes. . . 
 
The Englishman's Food was first published in 1939, fully revised in 1957 and now appears with a new updating introduction. A ground-breaking book, it is a fascinating and authoritative survey of food production, consumption, fashions and follies over a period of five hundred years. 
 
Reprinted with a new introduction by food editor Tom Jaine.

The Englishman's Food

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The achievement of this pioneering book is very great. It remains a remarkable contribution to the study of eating habits and health in society

The most valuable contribution of its kind

This fascinating book should be read from cover to cover

The achievement of this pioneering book is very great. It remains a remarkable contribution to the study of eating habits and health in society

The most valuable contribution of its kind

This fascinating book should be read from cover to cover

The achievement of this pioneering book is very great. It remains a remarkable contribution to the study of eating habits and health in society

The most valuable contribution of its kind

This fascinating book should be read from cover to cover

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