From Microliths to Microwaves The Evolution of British Agriculture, Food and Cooking

Colin Spencer

Hardback (19 May 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Food is the fundamental spur to action, innovation, exploration and creativity in humankind. This book explores the roots of our national existence through the cultivation of its land, the production and cooking of its food, revealing the moulding force of climate and the invention in technology that produced the food through the centuries.

About the Publisher

Grub Street

Grub Street is an award-winning small, niche independent publisher, publishing only books on cookery and military aviation history. Voted International Publisher of the Year at the World Cookbook Awards in 2000, a number if our cookbooks have won prizes over the years. Most recently, these have included the highly acclaimed Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati by Caroline and Robin Weir. This was voted cookbook of the year by the Guild of Food Writers in 2011. The Complete Robuchon, by the influential chef Joel Robuchon, was awarded with Best Translation at the Gourmand Awards in 2010.

Book information

ISBN:	9781908117007
Publisher:	Grub Street
Imprint:	Grub Street
Pub date:	19 May 2011
DEWEY:	641.5941
DEWEY edition:	22
Number of pages:	368
Weight:	696g
Height:	255mm
Width:	181mm
Spine width:	26mm