[Sca-cooks] Taste of Britain by Mason and Brown

[Johnna Holloway]

Another new book that may of interest to some of us
who travel to Britain once in awhile...
*The Taste of Britain by Laura Mason and Catherine Brown
"* ‘The Taste of Britain’ reveals a culinary portrait of remarkable 
wealth and character – from Fat Rascals to Fidget Pie, Cornish pasties 
to Chelsea buns, and Bedfordshire Clangers to Bath Chaps. Entries have 
been carefully selected on the grounds that they have been produced in 
one place for more than three generations, and many for much longer: 
more than merely a history of food, this is a tribute to a Britain that 
predates the supermarket era and evokes traditions that date back 
hundreds of years. Sussex cattle, for example, are mentioned in the 
Doomsday Book of 1086, while Shakespeare described an early forerunner 
of the Cockney favourite, jellied eels, in ‘King Lear’."
544 pages
*Publisher:* HarperPress (October 2, 2006)
*ISBN:* 0007241321

http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/books/default.aspx?id=36906