stuff to get your teeth into here' The Guardian, Felicity Cloake
'What a delectable banquet of a book this is... This magnificently readable and engaging book (which is also very generously illustrated) sets the record straight and should whet appetites for the attentive, seasonal cooking and gamier flavours of the past' Literary Review
'[A] fantastic book' Evening Standard
'A remarkable book, scholarly, entertaining and fascinating. Purkiss is extraordinarily well read, articulate, and writes beautifully. She goes under the skirts of convention to strip bare the many presumptions that surround what we eat and why. Mandatory reading for anyone involved, however peripherally, in food and what we now refer to as the food chain. Simply a brilliant work'
The Guild of Food Writers Food Book Award judges
