Cornucopia: A Gastronomic Tour of Britain

Cornucopia: A Gastronomic Tour of Britain

by PaulRichardson (Author)

Synopsis

Food, once the shame of the British nation, is now the object of our shameless, salivatory interest. Cookery is never off our TV screens, nor out of our newspapers. A revolution is afoot, in short, and never in the field of human nutrition have so many people eaten so well. So, at least, we are led to believe. But in the course of a dyspeptic journey around the eating places, the fine food producers, the markets and supermarkets of Britain, expatriate gastronome Paul Richardson found that the truth is more complex, more intriguing and much more amusing. He chats to chefs and shoppers, foodie faddists and junk-food junkies. He visits cheesemakers, bakers, smokehouses, coffee houses, and artisan producers of everything from ham and jam to cakes and ale. Democratic to the last, he tastes his way through deep-fried Mars bars in Newcastle, udder in Accrington, pasties in Padstow, and foie gras three ways on a buckwheat pancake in Fulham, interpolating his narrative with "bites" of culinary lore.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: First British Edition
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 11 May 2000

ISBN 10: 0316648175
ISBN 13: 9780316648172

Author Bio
Paul Richardson writes regularly for publications such as HARPERS, the SUNDAY TIMES, the OBSERVER, ATTITUDE and TASTE magazines. He is the author of OUR LADY OF THE SEWERS (also published by Abacus).