The Full English: The Ways We Eat and Why

An English culinary odyssey revealing the hidden forces shaping the nation’s food, its dining habits—and its people

What is English food? The award-winning podcaster Lewis Bassett is a chef in search of an answer. Whether examining the recent invention of sourdough or the aristocratic assumptions informing the rewilding of cuisine, Bassett discovers the deep roots of English food culture in the peculiar meanderings and great events of English history.

Part culinary adventure, part political a...