The British Cookbook: authentic home cooking recipes from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

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The British Housewife expounds these ideas in a redundant, often numbing style, offering bourgeoisification itself as a pivotal phenomenon, and circling around questions one is dying to ask: How did cookbooks contribute to the desire for exotic ingredients, hence to international rivalries, colonialism, and globalization of trade?

The fish chapter alone gives recipes for potted fishes, a British treat, to smoked and even fish pies. His catalogue of wonderful books make for rewarding and fine reading: most of them in his present an past catalogue are to be found on my book shelves, and I can highly recommend them to anyone keen to learn about the practical details of cookery performed in a long gone era. Stale bread was used, not thrown away, in Snowden Pudding made with marmalade, citrus juices and citrus zest. Memorable Meals Made Easy is all about minimising the time you spend in the kitchen so you can maximise the time spent with guests.This cookbook provides a uniquely innovative take on British classics, to make them plant-based, healthy and delicious. Her Century of British Cooking pulls together her life's work, with over 200 recipes and is truly an important work of culinary history.

I try to have a go at completely new recipes to me on a monthly basis as a minimum (weekly if I have time), and by reviewing these cookery books each month it will hopefully encourage me to try new recipes even more frequently.

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