SCOFF

The brand new book by Pen Vogler Stuffed is available now THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Book of the Year in the Daily Mail Independent Spectator and The Times & Sunday Times Finalist for the Guild of Food Writers Food Book Award 2021 Sharp rich and superbly readable Fascinating Sunday Times Utterly delicious Observer Superb Book of the Week The Times Terrific Book of the Week Guardian I loved it Monty Don A brilliant romp of a book Jay Rayner Avocado or beans on toast Gin or claret Nut roast or game pie Milk in first or milk in last And do you have tea dinner or supper in the evening In this fascinating social history of food in Britain Pen Vogler examines the origins of our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice Covering such topics as fish and chips roast beef avocados tripe fish knives and the surprising origins of breakfast Scoff reveals how in Britain we have become experts at using eating habits to make judgements about social background Bringing together evidence from cookbooks literature artworks and social records from 1066 to the present Vogler traces the changing fortunes of the food we encounter today and unpicks the aspirations and prejudices of the