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  • A History of British Baking

    From Blood Bread to Bake-Off

    by Emma Kay ...
    A cultural and social history of Britain's breads, cakes, and pastries through the ages, from the author of Dining with the Victorians.The Great British Baking Show and its spinoffs are a modern-day phenomenon, but the British, of course, have been baking for centuries—and here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how Britain's relationship with this much-loved art has changed, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Dark History of Chocolate

    by Emma Kay ...
    A Dark History of Chocolate looks at our long relationship with this ancient 'food of the Gods'. The book examines the impact of the cocoa bean trade on the economies of Britain and the rest of Europe, as well as its influence on health, cultural and social trends over the centuries. Renowned food historian Emma Kay takes a look behind the façade of chocolate – first as a hot drink and then as a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fodder & Drincan

    Anglo-Saxon Culinary History

    by Emma Kay ...
    The book is an entertaining historical account of Anglo-Saxon cooking, covering the centuries from 400 to 1066 CE.The author gives us evidence based information from historical artefacts and plants, showing what our early ancestors had at their disposal. ... Read more

    $22.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mrs Beeton and Mrs Marshall

    A Tale of Two Victorian Cooks

    by Emma Kay ...
    The name Mrs Beeton has endured for well over a century, synonymous with all things reassuringly culinary, while her contemporary Agnes Bertha Marshall remains somewhat of an enigma. Both Isabella Beeton and Agnes Bertha Marshall lived within a short distance of each other in Pinner, worked in London, wrote about, and shared a passion for food, all just a couple of decades apart. While Isabella ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Herbalism

    Cure, Cook and Conjure

    by Emma Kay ...
    Food historian Emma Kay tells the story of our centuries-old relationship with herbs. From herbalists of old to contemporary cooking, this book reveals the magical and medicinal properties of your favourite plants in colorful, compelling detail. At one time, every village in Britain had a herbalist. A History of Herbalism investigates the lives of women and men who used herbs to administer ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dining with the Victorians

    A Delicious History

    by Emma Kay ...
    From traditional seaside holiday treats like candy floss, ice cream and fish ‘n’ chips, to the British fascination for cooking and baking, the Victorian era has shaped British culinary heritage. Victoria’s austere attitude after an age of Regency indulgence generated enormous cultural change. Excess and gluttony were replaced with rigid tradition and morally upright values, and Victoria’s large ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Vintage Kitchenalia

    by Emma Kay ...
    In a society seemingly so obsessed with food – the preparing, eating, sharing and sheer enjoyment of what and how we all eat – the humble kitchen utensil and its evolution is an often overlooked aspect of Britain’s heritage. Yet antique and vintage kitchenalia can tell us so much about Britain’s culinary, scientific and innovative past. Cooking evolved from a fire in the middle of the homestead, ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Wortes and All

    Medieval Cooking

    by Emma Kay ...
    Food was as important a part of daily life in the Middle Ages, as it is today. In Wortes and All: Medieval Cooking food historian Emma Kay examines what people were eating and drinking in England from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the 1500s. We not only discover what people were cooking and how they cooked it, but also the influences on their cuisine and sources of food, home and abroad, as ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Dining with the Georgians

    A Delicious History

    by Emma Kay ...
    A cup of coffee and a slice of cake, a glossy book in hand to cook for friends, Sunday lunch with the family at the local pub – most of us take these simple everyday pleasures for granted. But how did we learn to cook and what inspired us to get better at it? Today’s food-obsessed culture has its roots in the Georgian period. Kay explores how, as a consequence of wider trade and travel, people ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • The Terrible Truth about the Truth

    A story of a Tutsi Rwandan genocide survivor - When home doesn't feel like home, and when abroad feels far from home

    by Emma Kay ...
    The Terrible Truth About the Truth is an all-in-one dramatic, romantic, horrific true story, not without some humour. As a Tutsi who experienced a number of close calls during the Tutsi genocide conducted by extremists Hutus, Emma identifies herself as a Tutsi and a genocide survivor, but many of her compatriots question that reality.Throughout this book, Emma shares her story about a challenged ... Read more

    $5.00 USD

  • Foots, Lonks and Wet Nellies

    Lancashire's Food and Drink

    by Emma Kay ...
    Series series Food and Drink
    Readers may be surprised to learn the real origins of Lancashire hotpot and discover that some of those all-time-favourites like Jelly Babies, Vimto, and Fox’s biscuits all have their roots in the county. While Eccles and Chorley cakes are well-known Lancashire staples, gingerbread production and simnel cakes are also at the heart of the county’s baking heritage. Together with big names such as ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Stinking Bishops and Spotty Pigs

    Gloucestershire's Food and Drink

    by Emma Kay ...
    Series series Food and Drink
    Gloucestershire is a large county, rich in food and drink heritage. Famous for Double Gloucester cheese and the cheese rolling event, Old Spot pigs, cider and the birthplace of prominent tea merchant Thomas Twining, Gloucestershire’s culinary history is both colourful and diverse. Nutcrack Sunday and Puppy Dog Pie (don’t worry, it hasn’t always been made from cute canines), ancient markets and ... Read more

    $11.69 USD