Handout

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1900s Food

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View a series of extracts from English cookbooks written during the first half of the twentieth-century and learn what people in England ate during this period. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the time, and links to cookbooks produced before 1900 allow comparison of cuisines across six centuries of British history.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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