Yorkshire Food and Diet: history, production and consumption

Author: Veronica Wallace

Price: £4.50 incl. P&P

  • ISBN: 978-1-906604-42-4
  • Published: 2013
  • Publisher: PLACE

Description

Yorkshire has long been involved in food production: the chocolate factories of York city and the fields have helped to feed both locals and those further afield. This booklet looks at both local and global food production and the changes in diet that have taken place over the past few centuries. Also included are some local recipes.

  • Judith Ward: Rhubarb and Rocket: Allotment Gardening in Changing Times
  • Alex Hutchinson: The Golden Age of Confectionery in York
  • Peter Brears: Workers’ Diets in Mid-Victorian Yorkshire
  • Eileen White: Providing Food for the City and Home in the 16th to 18th Centuries
  • Helen Hoult: Milling at Holgate Windmill
  • Roger Lee: Roger’s Recipes