The book is an entertaining historical account of Anglo-Saxon cooking, covering the centuries from 400 to 1066 CE.The author gives us evidence based information from historical artefacts and plants, showing what our early ancestors had at their disposal.

Emma Kay was a senior museum worker, and is a historian, specialising in food history. She is the author of nine books, and has a museum of kitchenalia. She lives in the Cotswolds, in the Roman town of Colchester, in Britain.