A feisty, entertaining and historical account of Anglo Saxon cooking and
eating, with reconstructed recipes of the period circa 400 to 1066. Emma
Kay believes that the modern world has a huge amount to learn from
ancient times. We are now interested in the preservation of original
species and plants to nourish the human race. Her book gives us evidence
based information from historical artefacts and museum articles, to show
us what our ancestors had at their disposal for survival. It discusses
the nature of culinary transitions in terms of Roman and Scandinavian
influences, as well as providing a social and political backdrop to the
Anglo Saxon communities, 400 to 1066 BCE, the time of the Norman
invasions, the early Medieval era.