A slice of Britain : around the country by cake /
Taggart, Caroline,1954-
Basingstoke : AA Publishing,
2014.
Ours is a land rich in moist, mouth watering flavours, of sponges and scones, fruitcakes and fancies. So what better way to capture a slice of Britain than to devour its many tea-time treats, slice by sumptuous slice? That's what Caroline Taggart set out to do, and in [this book] she investigates - amongst other things - just what separates a Coventry cod cake from an Eccles cake, or Grantham gingerbread from Whitby gingerbread.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index.
A note on the recipes -- Prologue: Richmond maids of honour -- 1. Cornwall: saffron, saints and the odd giant -- 2. Devon: cream and jam -- 3. Bath: a tale of two buns -- 4. Wales: griddle cakes galore -- 5. Shropshire: home of the gingerbread? -- 6. Lancashire: 'eveybody's got to be somewhere' -- 7. The Lake District: mint, ginger and a dash of rum -- 8. The Borders: where the **** is Ecclefechan?
9. Scotland: from granite to paving stones -- 10. Somerset and Dorset: of knob throwing and lard -- 11. Sussex and Kent: tasty tales and gypsy tarts -- 12. London- and a Cambridge detour: 'even of Chelsea busn there are counterfeits' -- 13. East Anglia: an acient blessing and a new creation -- 14. Around the Midlands: 'just don't call them Eccles cakes' -- 15. Beds to Lincs: old clangers and recent revivals -- 16. Yorkshire: lots of curds and a little chocolate -- 17. Derbyshire: of puddings and tarts -- Epilogue: Pontefract cakes.
Ours is a land rich in moist, mouth watering flavours, of sponges and scones, fruitcakes and fancies. So what better way to capture a slice of Britain than to devour its many tea-time treats, slice by sumptuous slice? That's what Caroline Taggart set out to do, and in [this book] she investigates - amongst other things - just what separates a Coventry cod cake from an Eccles cake, or Grantham gingerbread from Whitby gingerbread.
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