The Biscuit The Biscuit

The Biscuit

The History of a Very British Indulgence

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Publisher Description

Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite?

British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. 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 and eye-opening vignettes of social history.

  • GENRE
    History
    RELEASED
    2020
    29 October
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    320
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Random House
    SIZE
    35.9
    MB
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