Historic Eats without Meat

This book explores the rich history of food and culinary customs in our wonderful country. It gives a short description of the social, political and cultural life from Roman England to the Stuart era. Julia and her husband are keen travellers and enjoy reading and research and have visited some interesting archeological sites to help them understand more of the people of whom they are writing. There is a rich treasure trove of information available online and in the British Museum relating to our culinary past, and some fun media clips available. The recipes are varied, tasty and easy to create. Julia, who has taught cookery in a day centre, college and school, found it exciting and great fun to experiment with menu ideas from bygone days. Peter became the baker for this book and was particularly interested in the importance of this role in Roman society. They both hope you have fun and realise that cooking and sharing meals is for everyone with an interest and some time to shop for ingredients and put them together to create a ‘time travel’ experience by tasting foods that would have been regularly eaten in the past.