Food in Early Modern England: Phases, Fads, Fashions, 1500-1760

Preface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1. Setting the Scene Before 1500 2. The Food Scene Surveyed, 1500-1550 3. The Widening World of Food, 1550-1600 4. Science and the Search for Food, 1600-1640 5. War and the Search for Food, 1640-1660 6. Food in the Commercial Age, 1660-1700 7. Food in an Industrialising Age, 1700-1760 8. Regional and Social Patterns of Diet, 1500-1760 9. A Closer Look at Some Foods: Bread Meat of Farmyard Animals and Rabbits Eggs and Bird Meat, Farm-Fed and Wild Fish Vegetables and Herbs Fruit and Nuts Drinks Condiments and Spices. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.