The good fare and cheer of old England.
Contributors: Illustrated by J. S. Goodall
Publisher: Reynal
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Cookery, English
First sentence: A soldier overseas, an expatriate, the wanderer, remembers in sudden, acutely aware moments the food back home.
Description: "This is a book primarily about the food of old England and the customs that have grown around it.  It is also a book about England - the England of Shakespeare and Dickens; of London, York and Canterbury; of thatched cottages and pastoral landscapes."
Notes: This is a great book about pre-war English food and culture!
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
label: 1
class: part
title: The Food Back Home; pagenum: 11
title: The British Breakfast
class: part
label: 2; pagenum: 33
title: Time for Tea
class: part
label: 3; pagenum: 41
label: 4
class: part
title: Old-Time Buns and Cakes; pagenum: 53
label: 5
class: part
title: Oddsfish!; pagenum: 61
label: 6
class: part
title: Rare, Medium, or Well-Done; pagenum: 79
title: The Gentleman Who Pays The Rent
class: part
label: 7; pagenum: 93
label: 8
class: part
title: Game and Game Pies; pagenum: 105
label: 9
class: part
title: Sauce for the Goose; pagenum: 125
label: 10
class: part
title: The Kitchen Garden; pagenum: 141
title: The Fruit Garden
class: part
label: 11; pagenum: 163
title: Sweet and Savoury
class: part
label: 12; pagenum: 181
title: Britons' Oldest Friend
class: part
label: 13; pagenum: 195
label: 14
class: part
title: Ten Cheese Classics; pagenum: 205
title: Ale is Beer, Beer is Ale
class: part
label: 15; pagenum: 217
label: 16
class: part
title: Brave Old Cider; pagenum: 229
title: Glorifying the Tin Can
class: part
label: 17; pagenum: 241
title: (Recipes)
class: part
label: Index; pagenum: 0
title: Equivelent Measures
label: 0