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Leftovers
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Bingeable' - The Telegraph 'A book for our time' - The Spectator '[Barnett's] an indefatigable researcher' - The Mail on Sunday A richly entertaining and topical history of food preservation and waste in Britain from the Elizabethan kitchen to the present day. At a time when a third of the food we produce globally is wasted, Eleanor Barnett opens a window on the everyday experiences of ordinary people in the past to reveal how factors such as religion, class and gender have historically shaped attitudes towards food waste. Leftovers deploys a wide historical lens to link the many ingenious ways in which our ancestors sought to extend the life of food - encompassing Tudor household management, Victorian public health initiatives and two World Wars - to such contemporary anxieties as climate change, globalisation, scientific advancement, poverty and inequality.
- About The Author
- Eleanor Barnett holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has recently been awarded a Leverhulme research fellowship. Her work uses food as a lens through which to access the daily lives of ordinary people as well as wider cultural, economic, political and religious historical processes. As @historyeats on Instagram, she posts daily food history stories, paintings and objects from across the world to a wide audience, and she is a regular contributor to radio and other public-facing media. Leftovers is her first non-fiction title.
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- ISBN
- 9781803281582
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Apollo, (06 March 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Weight
- 289 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 128 x 30 mm
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