British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History

A masterful and witty account of Britain's culinary heritage.



This a revised and updated edition of an award-winning book, recognized as the authoritative work on the subject of British food. It is a breathtaking attempt to trace the changes to and influences on food in Britain from the Black Death, through the Enclosures, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of Capitalism to the present day.



There has been a recent wave of interest in food culture and history and Colin Spen...