271 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt titles, deckled edges. A history of cooking and cook books. Chapters include: The Early English and His Food; Royal Feasts and Savage Pomp; Cookery Books; Select Extracts from an Early Receipt-Book; Cookery Books; Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor; Meats and Drinks; The Kitchen; Meals; Etiquette of the Table; Index.
