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Lizzie Collingham
Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them.
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Shows how food - and its lack - was central to the war’s causes and continuation. This title explores how starvation was often a deliberate governmental policy, and reveals how…
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2011.
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First published by The Bodley Head in 2017.
Richly spiced with colorful anecdotes and curious historical facts, and attractively designed with 34 illustrations, five maps, and numerous recipes, this is a delectable history of Indian cuisine.
Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining…
But biscuits are not only tasty treats to go with a cup of tea, the sustenance they afford is often emotional, evoking nostalgic memories of childhood. Lizzie Collingham begins in…
Shows how the British created a global network of commerce and trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes and culinary tastes. This…
In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the…
In The Taste of Empire, Lizzie Collingham masterfully shows that only by examining the history of Great Britain’s global food system, from sixteenth-century Newfoundland fisheries to our present-day eating habits…
