The English Breakfast : the Biography of a National Meal, with Recipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Kaori, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breakfasts--History.

Breakfasts.

Cooking, English--History.

Cooking, English.

Food habits--England--History.

Food habits.

Cooking--England--History.

Cooking.

England--Social life and customs--History.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

The English breakfast is one of the best-loved national meals in the world, an edible symbol of England and Englishness. But how did breakfast attain this distinction, what can a national meal tell us about the nation that eats it, what are the links between social and culinary change, and is there more to the English breakfast than bacon and eggs? This biography of the English breakfast shows how the renowned meal came into being over many centuries, reaching its height in the Victorian and Edwardian eras when splendid breakfasts were served from silver dishes in grand country houses across t.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; 1

The Biography of a National Meal; 2

The English Country House Breakfast; 3

English Breakfasts; 4

Breakfast and the Breakfast-Table: From The Young Ladies' Journal; 5

A Mere Man's Perfect Breakfast; 6

Georgiana Hill's The Breakfast Book; 7

Miss M.L

Allen's Breakfast Dishes; 8

Colonel Kenney Herbert's Fifty Breakfasts; Footnote; Epilogue; References and Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780857854919

0857854917

OCLC:

858763466