Presents the history of Britain's culinary evolution through the cookery books which have inspired us over the course of a century, beginning with Mrs Beeton and leading to the rise of the celebrity TV chef.
Nicola Humble Books



Persuasion
- 72 pages
- 3 hours of reading
York Notes on Jane Austen's Persuasion. This is a study guide, not the novel.
The Literature of Food
- 296 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Covering every aspect of food within literary texts, from experimental cook books to the sumptuous dinner parties at the heart of every Victorian Novel, The Literature of Food is the first comprehensive study of its kind and a must-buy for students on literature and food courses.