{"product_id":"the-english-breakfast-kaori-oconnor-9780857854544","title":"The English Breakfast: The Biography of a National Meal, with Recipes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe English breakfast is one of the best-loved national meals in the world, an edible symbol of England and Englishness. But how did breakfast attain this distinction, what can a national meal tell us about the nation that eats it, what are the links between social and culinary change, and is there more to the English breakfast than bacon and eggs? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis biography of the English breakfast shows how the renowned meal came into being over many centuries, reaching its height in the Victorian and Edwardian eras when splendid breakfasts were served from silver dishes in grand country houses across the land. Following this historical analysis are three authentic and complete cookbooks devoted entirely to breakfasts from the heyday of this best of all meals, with some 500 recipes by three celebrated culinary figures of the Victorian age - an elite hostess, a thrifty housekeeper, and a pukka colonial colonel - before the narrative continues up to the present. The epilogue, new to this paperback edition, covers 'the devolved breakfast' (Scottish, Welsh and Irish); the renaissance of the full breakfast during financial crises and the working class 'caff'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing anthropology, cultural biography, the invention of tradition and the study of cookbooks as social documents, \u003ci\u003eThe English Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly unique work of food history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaori O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857854542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857854544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Kaori O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451009323263,"sku":"9780857854544","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33b6a07a-a375-46c7-b26c-aa9929cfc46b.jpg?v=1735876165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-english-breakfast-kaori-oconnor-9780857854544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}