Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation by Eleanor Barnett #joyce dazzling investigation into what it

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Written by Diana Helmuth

Both in language and themes

Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation by Eleanor Barnett #joyce dazzling investigation into what itA 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