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Food of the Cods: How Fish and Chips Made Britain by Daniel Gray (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100008628882

ISBN-139780008628888

eBay Product ID (ePID)8060728284

Product Key Features

Book TitleFood of the Cods: How Fish and Chips Made Britain

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRegional & Ethnic / English, Scottish & Welsh, Europe / Great Britain / General, History, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2023

GenreCooking, Social Science, History

AuthorDaniel Gray

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for Daniel Gray's work... 'Delightfully written. Countless little gems of recognition and satisfaction, many of them very funny. A lovely little thing.' Daily Telegraph 'Nothing but pure, unadulterated joy.' When Saturday Comes 'Gray is a master of observing and amplifying the things we love ... but wonder if anyone else even notices.' The Times 'Gray writes like Lowry paints. Superb' BBC Lancashire 'A damn good read.' Val McDermid

Dewey Decimal394.120941

SynopsisShortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024 Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year 'A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.' Stuart Maconie, Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year 'A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.' Stuart Maconie Step inside and unwrap this deliciously entertaining look at Britain's national dish. There is a corner of every town and city in Britain where the air is tangy with vinegar and the scent of frying. Following the irresistible lure, Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies and the delights they have sprinkled among us for the last 150 years as he investigates the social - and sociable - history of fish and chips. Travelling to chippies from Dundee to Devon via South Shields, Oldham, Bradford, Bethnal Green, the Rhondda Valley and more - Daniel Gray explores our fish-and-chip nation to show how chippies have helped emancipate women, promote equality for immigrants and shape local and national identity. Whether you were raised eating scraps of Wolverhampton's orange chips, London's 'wallies' or Hull's chip spice - even if you think you know whether tea, Vimto or dandelion and burdock is the best accompaniment - this mouth-watering book is as much about who we are as what we eat., Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024 Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year 'A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.' Stuart Maconie Step inside and unwrap this deliciously entertaining look at Britain's national dish. There is a corner of every town and city in Britain where the air is tangy with vinegar and the scent of frying. Following the irresistible lure, Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies and the delights they have sprinkled among us for the last 150 years as he investigates the social - and sociable - history of fish and chips. Travelling to chippies from Dundee to Devon via South Shields, Oldham, Bradford, Bethnal Green, the Rhondda Valley and more - Daniel Gray explores our fish-and-chip nation to show how chippies have helped emancipate women, promote equality for immigrants and shape local and national identity. Whether you were raised eating scraps of Wolverhampton's orange chips, London's 'wallies' or Hull's chip spice - even if you think you know whether tea, Vimto or dandelion and burdock is the best accompaniment - this mouth-watering book is as much about who we are as what we eat.

LC Classification NumberGT2853