Mutton and Oysters: The Victorians and Their Food

A social history of Victorian eating habits ranging from those of highest society to the lowliest workhouse, and including shopping, markets and the great scams, home produced food and imports, drink, cooks and cookery writers, meals and entertaining, nutrition and the first vegetarians, and finally eating out. This book is by the author of "Isabella and Sam", a biography of the Beetons.