Overview
‘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.
- | Author: Eleanor Barnett
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- | Publication Date: Mar 06, 2025
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781803281582
- | ISBN-10: 1803281588
