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Hardcover

One of The New Yorker’s Best Cookbooks of 2020!

“Regula Ysewijn blends history and recipes in the most delectable way, withtraditional cakes, buns, pies, and tarts. A British baking bible.” – Tom Parker Bowles,The Daily Mail

A meticulously researched, beautifully written, and richly photographed cookbook celebrating the recipes, ingenuity, history, and heritage of British baking.

With over 100 iconic recipes,The British Baking Booktells the wonderfully evocative story of baking in Britainand how this internationally cherished tradition has evolved from its rich heritage to todays immense popularity ofThe Great British Bake Off.

With lavish imagery and evocative narrative, the expert-baker author details the landscape, history, ingenuity, and legendsand show-stopping recipesthat have made British baking a worldwide phenomenon. From cakes, biscuits, and buns to custards, tarts, and pies, authentic recipes for Britains spectacular sweet and savory baked goods are included herelike pink-frosted Tottenham cake, jam-layered Victoria sandwich cake, quintessential tea loaf, sweet lamb pie, Yorksire curd tart, and more. Illustrating the story of how British baking evolved throughout the country, many of the recipes have a sense-of-place heritage like Dorset apple cake, Whitby lemon buns, Cornish cake, Grasmere gingerbread, and Scottish oatcakes. Evocative and fascinating, this cookbook offers a guided tour of Britains best baking.