Stuffed

The fascinating history of the people, the ideas and the dishes that have fed - and starved - the nation, by the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Scoff.Whose responsibility is it to make sure there is something to eat on every table? To make sure that children get milk and cereal, eggs and toast to keep hunger at bay? To feed key workers, whether they be NHS nurses, or soldiers fighting abroad? And do we all have the right to good food?This story of our changing customs and laws around our food, from prehistory to the present, reveals how every generation has fought to feed the family and the nation; and how battles over farmland, the kitchen, or the restaurant, shape the food we eatIt is a tale of the yeasty magic of bread and ale, the thrill of sugary treats, the pies and puddings that punctuate the year and our strange love-hate relationship with fish, vegetables and cheese.

Sharp, rich and superbly readable... Vogler reveals why we eat what we do today - and it is fascinating. , Utterly delicious... I can't remember the last time I read a food book so interesting and so lively., This excellent history is full of fascinating facts about the food we eat., A brilliant romp of a book that gets to the very heart of who we think we are, one delicious dish at a time.

Pen Vogler is the bestselling author of Scoff, Dinner with Mr Darcy and Dinner with Dickens. She edited Penguin's Great Food series, writes and reviews on food history for the press and has recreated recipes from the past for BBC television.