The British Cookbook: authentic home cooking recipes from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

The British Cookbook is a comprehensive and deeply researched collection of 550 authentic recipes from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, celebrating the rich traditions of regional and seasonal British cooking. It includes home-cooked classics, lesser-known and regional recipes, dishes steeped in British history, and iconic dishes with roots outside of the UK. The recipes are fascinating to read and easy to follow, with lively descriptions of each dish's origins, clear instructions, and helpful notes on unique ingredients and techniques. Stunning photographs of food and local scenery complete this exciting ode to British cuisine.

Format: Hardback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 22 September 2022
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Oh, what a perfect book! It makes me want to take a year off and stand in a kitchen, all day, every day, trying to bring these wonderful dishes to life... without a hint of jingoistic grandstanding, it reminds us what a rich, varied, and proud cuisines we have in Britain... so grateful to have this.

Staggeringly comprehensive and deeply researched, it's a big, greedy, engrossing banquet of a book.

- Stephen Fry

Staggeringly comprehensive and deeply researched, it's a big, greedy, engrossing banquet of a book.

- Marina O Loughlin, British journalist, writer, and restaurant critic

Discover over 550 much-loved authentic home cooking recipes from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, celebrating the rich traditions of regional and seasonal British cooking.

In The British Cookbook, author and food historian Ben Mervis takes readers on a mouth-watering culinary tour across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, revealing a cuisine as diverse as the landscape from which it originates.

Part cookbook, part cultural history, this deeply researched collection of 550 authentic recipes encompasses home-cooked classics, such as Shepherd's Pie, Welsh Rarebit, Scottish Crumpets, and Victoria Sponge; lesser-known and regional recipes, such as Bonfire Night Black Peas and Dublin Bay Prawns; dishes deeply steeped in British history, such as Haggis and Devils on Horseback; and iconic dishes with roots outside of the United Kingdom, such as Chicken Tikka Masala, Curry Goat, and Sesame Prawn Toast.

The recipes are fascinating to read and easy to follow, with lively descriptions of each dish's origins; clear, user-friendly instructions; and helpful notes on unique ingredients and techniques. Stunning photographs of food and local scenery complete this exciting ode to British cuisine.

Chapters include:

Eggs and Dairy

Soups and Stews

Vegetables

Fish and Shellfish

Weight: 1662g
Dimension: 191 x 278 x 43 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838665289