Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

Product Information

As Roald and Felicity Dahl put it in their charming Roald Dahl’s Cookbook, ‘In music, the equivalent would be the golden age, when compositions by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were given to us.

Mr Slater has collected short vignettes and essays where he reminisces, celebrates or ridicules some of the most celebrated and some of the quirkier aspects of the eating habits of the British(despite it having England in the title). Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of best-selling books and presenter of BBC 1's Eating Together, Simple Cooking and Dish of the Day. From Korean Bibimbap, to Malay Laksa to Vietnamese Pho and everything in between, like Thai Curries, Pad Krapow and Nasi Goreng. The paper is weightier, there is a silk ribbon attached into the spine to mark your pages and the jacket is heavy and smooth. At its best this inventive style marries local, seasonal produce with ingredients and techniques from the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and further afield.England has enjoyed such a mix of cultures and traditions that many mouth-watering foods have found their way onto our plates and into our hearts. It has a moreish saltiness and zing that makes it hard not to wolf down the entire thing in one sitting. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

My antidote is Nigel Slater's latest, highly addictive, extremely funny and thought–provoking book on British eating habits. Additional items can be added such as ham, green salad, hard boiled eggs, and apple, along with some sort of chutney. Listen in as she takes six different people on a career change journey to help them figure out what work they would really love to do and create a plan of how to make that career change happen. It was, though, perhaps a mistake to read the book through in a couple of sittings as I did, particularly as I realised that I'd had completely different expectations of the book. It’s thought the meal stems from the hard-working farmers of yesteryear, however the origin of this ‘traditional combination’ only go back as far as 1956 and may simply be reflecting on the sort of food available due to rationing.Once something that was never discussed in polite company, it is now something with which the nation is obsessed. The genius of his food writing comes from an obvious belief that food and happiness share the same organ in the brain.

There are also many regional adaptations you can add to this gut-busting delight, such as black pudding, bubble and squeak (see number 4), hash browns, and baked beans. But I decided from the start that I would instead concentrate on all the goodness I am adding and how flipping awesome it’s making me feel.Eating out came to all classes, to men, women and young people after World War Two as a result of rising standards of living, the growth of leisure and the emergence of new types of restaurants having wide popular appeal.

A celebration of the glories, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that make up that extraordinary thing that is the British at table.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). This town at some point in history decided to see what small rounds of flaky pastry, currants, butter, and sugar might taste like. Reservations are recommended everywhere, especially at weekends; the most celebrated places will require advance reservations weeks (or months) in advance. Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site.