Fascinating and entertaining entries about Britain's greatest dishes and ingredients. Includes recipes for 20 classics. Beautifully illustrated. Supported by the National Trust.

Do you know your Bedfordshire clanger from your Dorset knob? Your Kentish cobnuts from your Cromer crab?



      This guide is packed with stories and facts about the food that makes Britain great. From regional specialities to national favourites, it explores our wonderful foodscape in all its diversity and vitality. You'll find cherished classics alongside more recent additions - singing hinnies, pan haggerty and bara brith, as well as samosas, jerk chicken and urban honey. There are also some delicious recipes that make the most of locally produced ingredients to impress friends and family.