Publisher's Synopsis
You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat... When Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but biography of a forgotten cookery writer, is summoned to see her editor in London, she is dreading being told her writing career is over. But much to her surprise, she finds she is being commissioned to write another book - this time a history of food in England. It's to be quintessentially English and will remind English housewives of the old ways, and English men the glory of their country. The only problem is - all English food is really from elsewhere. So Stella sets about inviting recipes from all corners of England, in the hope of discovering a hidden culinary gem. But what she discovers is oatcakes and gravy and lots of potatoes.
