Please note, this session has been recorded from a live course and is available to watch flexibly in your own time up to 11:59pm on 12th August. 

The history of British cookbooks is a fascinating reflection of the nation’s social, cultural and economic transformations over the centuries.  Following an introduction on what makes British cookbooks unique, we discover what is thought to be the first cookbook (c1390), the medieval feasts of the 14th and 15th centuries and the birth of domestic cookbooks in the 16th to 18th centuries.  From there we move on to the Victorian era and the explosion of cookbooks and onto the 20th century wartime cookbooks and rationing.  Post war to present shows how globalisation and innovation have influenced British recipes, closing with a reflection on why cookbooks remain essential in British kitchens.

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