The Biography of a National Meal The English Country House Breakfast English Breakfasts Breakfast and the Breakfast-table from the Young Ladies' Journal A Mere Man's Perfect Breakfast Georgiana Hill's the Breakfast Book Miss M. L Allen's Breakfast Dishes Colonel Kenney Herbert's Fifty Breakfasts Epilogue References and Bibliography
A highly readable biography of England's most celebrated meal, The English Breakfast explores its history from its earliest beginnings through to the modern day brunch.
Kaori O'Connor is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, UCL, UK.
Kaori O'Connor's splendid biography of what she claims is the most
famous national meal in the world shows how it came to occupy such
a unique place in the nation's heart and stomach.
*The Guardian*
This book carefully mixes together historical references, sample
menus, recipes and much miscellaneous trivia... A great little
book...essential reading for the Briton who might care about their
breakfast. And essential reading for a foreigner to learn a little
more about what can make an Englishman tick.
*Yum.fi*
The English Breakfast: The Biography of a National Meal with
Recipes by Kaori O’Connor is a delightful read on a very appetizing
topic. This volume represents a contribution to the growing
midrange of scholarly publication aimed at a discerning general
readership, while still making a valuable contribution to
professional scholarly discourse and publication. The subject of
food culture and history continues to be a popular one in public
and academic discourse, so it is exciting to see substantive works
like this one entering circulation. O’Connor does an admirable job
of deconstructing “The Full English” that most UK readers take for
granted and reminds us that even our most habitual actions, such as
how we prepare and consume food, are continually evolving and
filled with meanings we enact even without being conscious of their
material origins.
*Museum Anthropology Review*
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