Good TasteAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 7 November 2023
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"Buttery passages are slathered with food imagery, and Scott conjures markets, pantries, and laden tables you wont want to leave. A sweet treat of a book." Kirkus Reviews
With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English countryside in search of great food,Good Tasteis the perfect historical novel for fans ofDear Mrs. BirdandThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat
England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but not very successful biography, is a bit depressed herself. When shes summoned to see her editor in London, she expects her writing career is over before its even started.
But much to her surprise, she is being commissioned to write a history of English food. It's to be quintessentially English and intended to lift the sprits of the nation. There's just one problem: a lot of English food is actually quite terrible (and anything good is usually imported from elsewhere).
So Stella travels across England in hopes of discovering a hidden culinary gem. What she discovers is oatcakes and gravy and lots and lots of potatoes. But when her car breaks down midjourney and the dashing and charismatic antiques dealer Freddie springs to her rescue, she is led in a very different direction . . .
Full of wit, life, andagainst all oddsdelicious food,Good Tasteis a story of discovery and one womans desire to make her own way as a modern woman.
Lively, poignant, witty and beautifully written, and all driven by a wonderful character in Stella Douglas, I couldn't stop turning the pages." Hazel Gaynor,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Last Lifeboat
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