Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's best known and loved cookery writers and often described as England's Cookery Queen. Ainsley Harriott has dubbed her "the cookery icon of our times".

Each chapter of the book covers one decade of the century giving both history and recipes. The entire book is illustrated throughout in colour and black and white.

Marguerite Patten OBE has written over 160 cookery books, sales of which amount to over 16 million worldwide. Her long and distinguished career, which began before the war, has included regular appearances on radio and television, live and televised cookery demonstrations, lectures as well as extensive journalism and authorship of books and cookery cards.

Her Century of British Cooking pulls together her life's work, with over 200 recipes and is truly an important work of culinary history.

Reviews

'If you only buy one cookery book this year it has to be Marguerite Patten's Century of British Cooking.' Women

'Elegantly presented... for those who enjoy a taste for nostalgia or love curious culinary snippets.' Sybil Kapoor, The Independent

'Patten's book offers a fascinating insight into how the British pallette has shifted from the Victorian era to the present day - I am addicted to Empress Rice thanks to this book.' John Lewis, Waterstones