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Food of the Cods - How Fish and Chips Made Britain (Hardcover)
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Food of the Cods - How Fish and Chips Made Britain (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R299
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The story of Britain’s fish and chips obsession. ‘Gray is a
master of observing and amplifying the things we love.’ The Times
A richly entertaining celebration of Britain’s national dish and
its iconic neon houses. There is a corner of every town and city in
Britain where the air is tangy with vinegar and thick with the
scent of frying. It is almost impossible not to follow this
mesmeric vapour trail, fuelling a nostalgic rush of parents across
the land declaring ‘Chippy tea!’, followed by the golden
anticipation of the chip shop queue. In this lively and relatable
book, acclaimed author Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies
and rejoices in the delights they have sprinkled among us over the
last 150 years. He investigates the social – and sociable –
history of fish and chips, revealing the shared truths that bind us
to this edible institution and its charismatic outlets. By
travelling to chippies across Britain, the celebrated and the
unheralded, he will show how many of the themes that shape our
country are drizzled in vinegar. Chippies have emancipated working
class women, brought equality for immigrants, amplified regional
and class differences and shaped local and national identity.
Gray’s journey – from Dundee to Devon via South Shields,
Oldham, Bradford, Bethnal Green, the Rhondda Valley and elsewhere
– gets under the skin of today’s fish and chip nation to answer
some of the most pressing questions… Where is the ‘scraps
border’? Tea, Vimto or dandelion and burdock: which drink makes
the best accompaniment? Do fish and chips taste better when eaten
in the open air? And what do regional variations –
Wolverhampton’s orange chips, London’s wallies, Hull’s chip
spice – tell us about their locales? This mouth-watering book is
as much about who we are as what we eat.
General
Imprint: |
Harper North
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Daniel Gray
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Dimensions: |
204 x 135 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-862888-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-00-862888-2 |
Barcode: |
9780008628888 |
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