21st century tastes: How the growing interest in the history of food and drink is influencing the market for early recipe books
Old cookery books are more than simply receptacles of food history. They speak of technological change, the availability and discovery of ingredients that came with the expansion of the known world and how the social standing of the cook or chef changed over time. They are also very much in collecting vogue.
“The zeitgeist that comes with The Great British Bake Off and all that has meant that material rel…