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Curry - A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham
$40.00 AUD
Category: Food
Curry changed and evolved according to the tastes of the various invaders of India. The Mughals brought with them the rice dishes of Persia; the Portuguese introduced the chilli peppers recently discovered by Christopher Columbus in the New World; and the Mrs Beetons and Eliza Actons of the British R ...Show more
The Biscuit by Collingham, Lizzie
$42.99 AUD
Category: Food
'Fascinating' - Prue Leith Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite? British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. But biscuits are no ...Show more
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
$60.00 AUD
Category: British
The British Empire was not built on gold, silver or precious gems - it was built on food. The desire to trade and the need to feed its population drove Britain to engage in dramatic exploration and expansion in a quest to discover ever more exotic foodstuffs and satisfy the growing appetite back home. M ...Show more
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
$25.00 AUD
Category: Food
'A wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire' Max Hastings, Sunday Times WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS BOOK AWARD 2018 The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader... Surveyors in Brit ...Show more
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