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The Biscuit

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9781529112245

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 194mm x 25mm x 153mm

  • Weight: 351g

  • RRP: £10.99

The Biscuit

  • The History of a Very British Indulgence

Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite?

British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining and eye-opening vignettes of social history.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9781529112245

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 194mm x 25mm x 153mm

  • Weight: 351g

  • RRP: £10.99

Reviews

  • Fascinating

    Prue Leith

  • A jam-packed book about our favourite teatime nibble

    Daily Mail

  • An incredible journey

    Daily Express

  • Fascinating... Collingham has pulled it off again

    Spectator

  • [A] fascinating book... Collingham is a wonderful researcher, combining academic rigour with an eye for the captivating details that make the world more interesting

    Rachel Duffett, BBC History

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About the Author

Lizzie Collingham

Lizzie Collingham taught History at Warwick University and was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge before becoming an independent historian. Her books include Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors and The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food. She is currently an Associate Fellow of Warwick University and the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. She recently completed a project researching the history of the kitchens of the Indian President’s palace and regularly lectures on a gastronomic tour of Kerala. She works in a garden shed near Cambridge.

Lizzie Collingham

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