‘The range is astonishing and all the little impertinent details a delight… Willy Wonka himself would be enthralled’ Glasgow Herald
CORNUCOPIA: A GASTRONOMIC TOUR OF BRITAIN (2000) (Little, Brown, UK)
Food, once the shame of the British nation, is now the object of our shameless interest. A revolution is afoot, and never in the field of human nutrition have so many people eaten so well.
So, at least, we are led to believe. But in the course of a dyspeptic journey around the eating place, the fine-food producers, the markets and supermarkets of Britain, Paul Richardson found out that the truth is more complex and much more amusing.
Tasting everything from deep-fried Mars Bar to bull’s wazzel, Cornucopia answers the question: what is the state of our national cuisine?
‘Stylishly written, seasoned with unobtrusive learning, laced with tempting recipes, Cornucopia is a hugely entertaining guide to the good, the bad and the emetic in British gastronomy. I’d recommend it as a bedside book, except that it will probably have you raiding the fridge between chapters’ The Independent, UK
‘Richardson’s amusing, wry, perceptive account of his travels in search of good British food provides delicious, even nourishing insights into the way we live now, as well as the way we cook and eat’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Wonderfully contrary…erudite and witty… immensely enjoyable’ Daily Mail
