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Tasting the Past: British Food from the Stone Age to the Present

✍️ Wood, Jacqui
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🏛 History Press 📅 2009 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780752447940

📝 Description: Tasting the Past: British Food from the Stone Age to the Present

Food historian and archaeologist Jacqui Wood's excellent Prehistoric Cooking is now in its third edition and is one of Oxbow's all time best sellers. This new offering is a more directly practical and popular affair, a cookbook with over 200 recipes to let the reader really experience the flavours of the past.

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This title is not for those seeking literary flair or complex gastronomic theory; it is strictly a functional tool for historical reenactment. While the author brings scholarly credibility, the book’s strength lies in its utility rather than narrative depth. It may disappoint readers expecting detailed cultural analysis or sophisticated modern interpretations of ancient dishes. However, for the dedicated hobbyist archaeologist or the curious baker interested in Stone Age ingredients, it provides a necessary bridge between academic research and domestic application.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This title is not for those seeking literary flair or complex gastronomic theory; it is strictly a functional tool for historical reenactment. While the author brings scholarly credibility, the book’s strength lies in its utility rather than narrative depth. It may disappoint readers expecting detailed cultural analysis or sophisticated modern interpretations of ancient dishes. However, for the dedicated hobbyist archaeologist or the curious baker interested in Stone Age ingredients, it provides a necessary bridge between academic research and domestic application.

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