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The good fare and cheer of old England.

"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."

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Publisher
Reynal
Language
English
Pages
246

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The Good Fare and Cheer of Old England
1960-01-01, Reynal & Company

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First Sentence

"A soldier overseas, an expatriate, the wanderer, remembers in sudden, acutely aware moments the food back home."

Table of Contents

1. The Food Back Home
Page 1
2. The British Breakfast
Page 11
3. Time for Tea
Page 33
4. Old-Time Buns and Cakes
Page 41
5. Oddsfish!
Page 53
6. Rare, Medium, or Well-Done
Page 61
7. The Gentleman Who Pays The Rent
Page 79
8. Game and Game Pies
Page 93
9. Sauce for the Goose
Page 105
10. The Kitchen Garden
Page 125
11. The Fruit Garden
Page 141
12. Sweet and Savoury
Page 163
13. Britons' Oldest Friend
Page 181
14. Ten Cheese Classics
Page 195
15. Ale is Beer, Beer is Ale
Page 205
16. Brave Old Cider
Page 217
17. Glorifying the Tin Can
Page 229
Index. (Recipes)
Page 241
0. Equivelent Measures
Page 0

Edition Notes

This is a great book about pre-war English food and culture!

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
TX717 .D86

The Physical Object

Pagination
246 p.
Number of pages
246

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5794571M
LCCN
60006302
OCLC/WorldCat
879215

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